BALANCE

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Vaa	Vaa (Maori)	Balance	Balance

law	lex	nómos	Borrowed from lēx (“law”) , loyal
illegal	licet	paránomos	Borrowed from Latin in- +‎ lēgālis; (“legal”), from lēx (“law”) , loyal
legal	legal	nomikós	Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”) , loyal
balance	statera	isorropía	Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”).

ENGLISH	LATIN	GREEK	ETYMOLOGY	MNEMONIC
justify	justify	dikaiologó	from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere,	legally speaking
judge	iudex	dikastís	from Latin iūdex	legal mind with balance and arrow
accuse	accusare	katigoró	from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”).	legal minded person speaking to another
rule	lex	kanónas	From regō (“I rule, govern”)
confiscate	publicare	katáscho	From Latin confiscare (“to declare property of the fisc”).	legally seizing from a kneeling person
convict	convinco	katádikos	From con- +‎ vincō (“conquer, win”) , Perfect passive participle of convincō.	legally indicating a person with sword in his hand
corrupt	corrumpo	dieftharménos	from com- (“together”) + rumpere (“to break in pieces”).	a person dealing two sides illegally one side with money
contract	contractus	sýmvasi	from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”).
punish	punire	vazo timoria	from Latin puniō (“I inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”)	legally beating a hammer on to a kneeling person
govern	gubernare	kyvernó	from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”)	legal mind governing the flag in forward direction

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