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Amends for wrong-doing.
Compensation for a wrong.
Taking proper action to correct an injury or repair a relationship. |
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| Composed of two houses, chambers, or branches. |
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| To destroy a great number or proportion of. |
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Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions.
Something cut in two. |
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| The belief in two contradictory ideas at the same time. |
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| Total rejection of established laws and institutions; total destructiveness toward the world and oneself. |
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| Original; belonging to the first or earliest ages. |
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Forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.
The first copy of a treaty or document. |
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| A poem or stanza of four lines, usually in alternative rhyme. |
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The most perfect embodiment of something.
The purest or most typical instance. |
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Like a mosaic; checkered.
Usually used in architecture or art. |
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| Unhampered; unrestrained. |
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| To hear and settle a case by judicial procedure. |
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| Having the power to hear appeals and to reverse lower court decisions. |
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| A secret agreement for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose; conspiracy. |
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Verbal. Testimony under oath.
A written statement by a witness for use in court in his or her absence.
Involves both sides, the defendant and the prosecutor. |
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Something that is just, impartial, and fair.
The value of a business or property in excess of any claim against it.
Justice applied in circumstances not covered by law. |
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| To dig out of the earth. To reveal. |
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| A written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official. Involved one person. |
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| From or on one side of a dispute. |
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| Without the means or right of communication with others. |
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Having made no valid will.
One dies without a legal will. |
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By the fact itself.
By the very fact. |
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| The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt. |
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| The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony by a witness under oath in a criminal proceeding. |
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| Any wrongful act not involving breach of contract for which a civil suit can be brought. |
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| A seat or court of justice. |
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