[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meqba'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 30, 2012
> 
> Klingon word:   meqba'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     legal proceeding (type of)
 
I.e. that portion of a Klingon trial or appeal in which evidence is heard during which all evidence must be heard in open council (cf. TNG "Sins of the Father").

Note the apparent etymology:  {meq} "reason" + {ba'} "sit".


Related words:

bo'DIj 	court [of law] (n)
ruv 		justice (n)
teblaw' 	jurisdiction (n)
yoj 		judgment (n)

ghIpDIj 	court martial (v)
loH  	administer (v)
noH 		judge, estimate (v)
'oD 		arbitrate, mediate (n)
qIch 	condemn (v)

'oDwI'  	arbitrator, arbiter (n)
loHwI'	magistrate (n)


A useful phrase to remember:

  loHwI' vISuch 'e' vIpoQ! 
  I demand to see the magistrate! (ENT "Affliction")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons