A few ideas for you to play with… WRT your first example with {maq}… {bo’DIj} apparently refers to the proceedings not the judge, for which Klingons use {loHwI’} “magistrate” (literally “administrator”) or {'oDwI'} “arbitrator, arbiter”. (Okrand, qepHom 2018): {bo'DIj} is the institution of the court, a judicial organization. A courtroom is a {bo'DIj pa'}; a courthouse is a {bo'DIj qach}. Add to these {bo’DIj nompuq} “forensic evidence” (qep’a’ 2018) and {bo'DIj qaD} “lawsuit (qepHom 2020). I’m also not sure about {yoj}. Is it judgment in general (e.g. {ruv} “justice”) or a specific judgment/decision/legal ruling? AFAIK we have no examples of either. As for {tur} “carry out, conduct (a mission), perform (duties)”, we have one comment and one rather long example sentence: (qep’a’ 2020): This [i.e. {tlhoqtlhal} “favor”] is generally the object of a verb like {tur}. The recipient of the favor is marked with {–vaD}. […] maSDaq SaqmeH Qu' wa'DIch HochHom turlu'taHvIS, wej logh lengwI'pu' pa'mey 'oH APOLLO wa'maH wa' ra'ghom bobcho' COLUMBIA'e'. The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar landing mission [...] (NASM) Consider the verb {wuq} “decide (upon)”. We even have an example used in a legal context in the ENTERPRISE episode "Affliction": loHwI' vISuch 'e' vIpoQ! vImuHlu' net wuqHa'! I demand to see the magistrate! My death sentence was commuted! And finally… {'oD} “arbitrate, mediate”, {qIch} “condemn”, {bIj} “punishment” and {jIp} “penalty” are also relevant to the discussion. -- Voragh _______________________________________________________________ From: mayqel qunen'oS In English we say "the accused was sentenced by the court", and "the sentence was carried out". I was wondering how we could say these in the so-called warrior's tongue.. Suppose I wrote: yoj maqpu' bo'DIj the court proclaimed the judgement yoj turlu'ta' the judgement was carried out Would the above be appropriate? Or is there a better way of expressing the desired meanings? ~ Dana'an