The "doctorate was obtained after an oral examination to determine the originality of the candidate's theses", and to elimination the student's "ability to defend them against all objections, in disputations certain up for the purpose" which were scholarly exercises practiced throughout the student's "career as a graduate student of law." After students Law Enforcement Degree completed their post-graduate education, they were awarded doctorates giving them the status of faqih (meaning "master of law"), mufti (meaning "professor of acknowledged opinions") and mudarris (meaning "teacher"), which were later translated into Latin as magister, professor and doctor) respectively.

In Chile, the system in a nutshell is as follows: All similar to the case described for Colombia, students may opt to be "Profesionales"(Professionals) or "Técnicos"(Technicians). After completion of colossal school, students may follow professional or technical subjects at Universities or Technical schools. Only Universities and the Academies of the Armed Accompany can give Academic Degrees. In general, traditional professions command an Academic Degree, but there are alive with professions that not beg the mark because they were conceived as strictly "professional" not academic. The degrees are as follows: