Word: amparo
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Offhand, this novel has what seems a pretty used-up plot, the story of a tarnished Cinderella. Senorita Amparo Emperador was very beautiful, very poor, and an orphan, without beaux or hope of dowry. In Madrid, in 1867, that was about as bad a fix as a girl could find herself in. So Amparo had become a slavey for her distant, stingy relatives, Rosalia and Francisco Bringas, who kept her jumping from dawn to dusk and repaid her with spoiled food and a few rare pesetas...
Spanish dance draws warmth and vitality from a rich cultural background; the "Bolero" and "Seguidilla," in particular, are two which depict the temperment of Spanish myth and ceremony. Ballerina Nila Amparo is lithe and electrifying in "Bolero." On the humorous side, Teresa and Juanele Maya do the famous wife-husband fight in "Bulerias." The fiery "Zapateado", works up to such a dramatic ending that the crowd demands to see it all again...
...amparo (literally: protection) is a Mexican legal confection with elements of habeas corpus, stay of execution and injunction, all rolled into one. Anyone who feels that he has been or is about to be the victim of unjust police or court action may apply for an amparo. By its terms, no arrest may be made or judgment executed in a specific case until the court issuing the amparo has had a chance to review the case and decide whether the agency involved is acting within the law. Its great advantage from the lawbreaker's point of view is that...
...authorities to get around the right of amparo is to carry out a sabadazo, a surprise arrest after Saturday noon, when all government offices, including the courts, are closed. But all arrests cannot wait till a weekend, and besides, sabadazos are considered unsportsmanlike. This week the Mexican Senate was putting the final touches on a bill, sponsored by President Miguel Alemán, to take some of the obvious kinks out of the amparo system...
...will increase the number of tribunals dealing with amparos, and assign to each court three judges, all individually empowered to hand down fast judgments in amparo matters. The measure is intended to reduce the backlog of cases and insure judgment within a few days...