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Social justice

refuses to yield blindly to abstract notions, but adopts a realistic and pragmatic approach. It, therefore, endeavours to resolve the competing claims of employers and employees by finding a solution which is just and fair to both

Separation

a husband and wife cannot agree so as to carry out the purpose of their union, they may resolve to live apart. A deed of separation, containing the terms and conditions upon which an actual and immediate

Rule of lenity

holding that a court, in construing an ambiguous criminal statute that set out multiple or inconsistent punishments, should resolve the ambiguity in favour of the more lenient punishment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1332.

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arbitrator

arbitrator : an impartial person or group that is given the power by disputing parties to resolve their dispute compare mediator

Parish Council

a parish council if the parish meeting of a parish having a population of 100 or upwards so resolve, and having power to establish one with the consent of the parish meeting if the population be less

Resolvent

Having power to resolve causing solution solvent

litigate

settle] vt : to make the subject of a suit [ a claim] ;broadly : to contest or resolve in court [ an insanity defense] lit·i·ga·ble [li-tə-gə-bəl] adj lit·i·ga·tion [li-tə-gā-shən] n lit·i·ga·tion·al [-shə-nəl] adj lit·i·ga·to·ry [li-tə-gə-tōr-ē] adj

Liberty

Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (757). The preamble of our constitution lays its resolve to assure to all its citizens liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship (Constitution of India, Preamble).

neutral

neutral : one that is neutral ;specif : an impartial person used in alternative dispute resolution to help resolve or to determine the matters in dispute adj : not engaged on either side ;specif : not aligned

Decompose

To separate the constituent parts of to resolve into original elements to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination to bring to dissolution to

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