| A | B |
|---|
| poli- | (Gr) city, body of citizens |
| urbs | (Lt) physical city |
| civitas | (Lt) body of citizens |
| monarchy | rule by one |
| oligarchy | rule by many |
| tyrannos | (Gr) revolutionary, unconstitutional leader |
| tyrant | oppressive, cruel ruler |
| despot | lord, master |
| martyr | (Gr) witness |
| patricians | founding fathers |
| plebeians | more recent families |
| imperium | executive power |
| fasces | emblem of power |
| proletarian | working class |
| alias | an assumed name |
| alibi | "elsewhere" |
| capital (punishment) | "head" punishment (death) |
| conspiracy | "common spirit" (plot) |
| subpoena | "under penalty" (An order demanding a person appear in court or face a penalty) |
| exoneration | "unburdening" (freedom from charge) |
| extenuation | "thinning out" (lessening of blame) |
| extortion | "twisting out" (obtain money by threat) |
| incarcerate | "put in prison" |
| penal | of punishment |
| penitentiary | "place of repentence" |
| posthumous | "latest"(after death) |
| annul | "make nothing" (cancel) |
| consanguinity | "shared blood" (blood relationship) |
| custody | "guardianship" |
| divorce | "turn back to before" |
| codicil | "little text" (addition to a will) |
| heir | entitled to former owner's property/rank |
| testament | a will |
| intestate | "no will" |
| pro bono | "for the good (legal work done at no charge) |
| annuity | annual payment |
| covenant | "coming together" (legal promise) |
| patent | "lying open" (right to make use of an invention) |
| creditor | "one who trusts" his money will be repaid (lender) |
| appellant | one "appealing" to a court |
| injunction | "attachment onto" (court prohibition of action) |
| jurisdiction | "speaking of law" (extent of legal authority) |
| adjudicate | "award as judge" (act as judge) |
| defamation | "talk down" (insulting) |
| prosecutor | "pursuer" (bringer of charges) |
