Luke 3:13 "Do not exact more than the legal amount," he replied. (WEY)

Luke 18:3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,'Defend me from my adversary!' (See NAS)

Luke 18:5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" (See NAS)

Acts 19:39 And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined; (YLT NIV)

Acts 22:25 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?" (See NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well. (WEY)

Colossians 2:14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; (See RSV)

Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life: (See RSV)

Hebrews 9:16 For where there is a legal 'will,' there must also be a death brought forward in evidence--the death of him who made it. (WEY)

Exodus 24:14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them." (See NAS)

Numbers 27:11 If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.'" (See NIV)

Numbers 35:29 "'These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (See NIV)

Deuteronomy 17:8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose; (See RSV)

Plead (64 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand
in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or
to advise as to prosecution or defense of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and ...
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Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... ADOPTION. a-dop'-shun (huiothesia, "placing as a son"): I. THE GENERAL LEGAL IDEA
1. In the Old Testament 2. Greek 3. Roman II. ... I. The General Legal Idea. ...
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Courts (59 Occurrences)
... (7) Slavery could not be made perpetual without the person's own consent (Exodus
21:2-6). 3. Their Work: Gradually a legal profession developed among the ...
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Sojourner (81 Occurrences)
... stranj'-er: I. THE GER 1. Legal provisions (1) Principles (2) Rules 2. Relation
to Sacrifice and Ritual 3. Historical Circumstances II. THE TOSHABH III. ...
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Execute (83 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give
validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a ...
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Prosecute (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim
in a court of law. 3. (vt) To pursue with the intention ...
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Sue (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in
law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... CONTENTS OF THE CODE 1. The Principles of Legal Process 2. Theft, Burglary, Robbery
3. Laws concerning Vassalage 4. Immovables 5. Trader and Agent 6. Taverns 7 ...
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5498. cheirographon -- a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
... a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: cheirographon Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rog'-raf-on) Short Definition: ...
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1556. ekdikeo -- to vindicate, to avenge
... Word Origin from ekdikos Definition to vindicate, to avenge NASB Word Usage avenged
(1), avenging (1), give...legal protection (2), legal protection (2 ...
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4972. sphragizo -- to seal
... owner. "Sealing" in the ancient world served as a "legal signature" which
guaranteed the promise (contents) of what was sealed. ...
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5287. hupostasis -- a support, substance, steadiness, hence ...
... a guaranteed agreement ("title-deed"); (figuratively) "" to a promise or property,
ie a legitimate (because it literally is, " a legal-") -- someone to what is ...
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178. akatakritos -- uncondemned
... uncondemned. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of katakrino; without
(legal) trial -- uncondemned. see GREEK a. see GREEK katakrino. ...
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1344. dikaioo -- to show to be righteous, declare righteous
... Cognate: 1344 (from , "right, judicial-approval") -- properly, , especially in a
legal, authoritative sense; to show what is right, ie conformed to a proper ...
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2969. komopolis -- a country town
... 2969 (from 2968 , "village, town" and 4172 , "a city") -- a city with (legal) status.
A ("village, unwalled town") was hardly a "city" as we know it. ...
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156. aitia -- cause, reason
... From the same as aiteo; a cause (as if asked for), ie (logical) reason (motive,
matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved) -- accusation, case, cause, crime ...
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3623. oikonomos -- the manager of a household
... See 3622 (). [3623 ("manager") often functioned as the "steward" of a household,
and was generally a -- ie a from forced, legal servitude (J. Thayer).]. ...
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