227. [Irrelevant questions are forbidden. Penalty: ten pesos to
court-room.]

228. They shall sign the powers of attorney of their clients; and
shall not frame their interrogatories in the second instance of a
case exactly as on the first hearing, or exactly opposite, under a
penalty of six pesos to the court-room; and therewith shall cease the
examination of the said powers and interrogatories required from our
auditors, in conformity with the new laws and ordinances made by us.

229. [Bachelors may not plead or sit with the doctors and
licentiates. Penalty: forty pesos to the court-room.]

230. [Clerks of advocates are not to charge clients fees. Penalty:
double the fee, to the exchequer.]


_Attorneys_

231. [Attorneys must be examined and licensed by the court.]

232. [Attorneys and counselors must not agree to prosecute cases at
their own expense. Penalty, fifty thousand maravedis.]

233. [The number of attorneys is to be fixed and usual.]

234. [Attorneys must enter no pleadings except for default, conclusion
of preliminary process, and the like; and must sign their papers.]