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LAW AND JUDGING 17

Verbs & adjectives used in connection w/ legal cases 17.3

bēbbeg To take s.o.’s side (in a fight, quarrel, or lawsuit, etc.); to support (a cause).
bennal 1 True.
bennal 3 To admit (to have done) s.t.; confess s.t.
bēpetutan Important (of speech or purpose).
bi'at3 To compensate, give compensation (for a wound one has inflicted).
dapit Be partial; be biased; to take sides (only in judging law suits).
haram Forbidden, prohibited, unlawful (in a religious sense); ritually unclean.
haregla To settle (a quarrel or dispute, lit. to settle people).
hukum 1 To judge, try or decide a case (in a court).
lekkat1 To redeem, to ransom s.t.
pesuwey To deny s.t.; affirm s.t.; contradict s.t.
sagga' 2 To oppose s.t., resist s.t., object to s.t.
sapa To swear (on the Qur’an).
sasa' 1 To fight or quarrel with s.o. (not just with words but usually physical action as well).
sasew 2 To demand s.t., make trouble or fight over s.t. (that one considers to be one’s right).
sellet 4 To mediate, act as mediator.
siggew To catch, apprehend, abduct, or kidnap s.o., seize s.t.
sumariya To question s.o. (about s.t. that happened), interrogate.
sumbung To inform against, tell on s.o.; report an incident.
suwey To affirm s.t.; deny s.t.; contradict s.t.
tabla2 To have equal score; to be even, equal, tied (as in a game or contest).
taggahan For s.t. to be against the law (esp. religious law).
tuksa' To accuse s.o. (of doing s.t.).
tuntut1 To bring a charge against s.o. (to a legal authority).
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