From root: tarong
Usage Note
Pangkatarungan is used in formal titles and legal contexts. For example, the Department of Justice is known as the Kagawaran ng Pangkatarungan.
Examples
" Pangkatarungan ang usaping ito. "
Natural Translation
This matter is judicial.
Literal Translation
Judicial the matter this.
" Ang hukuman ay isang sangay na pangkatarungan. "
Natural Translation
The court is a judicial branch.
Literal Translation
The court is a branch that-is-judicial.
" Dapat malaya sa pulitika ang mga pangkatarungang institusyon upang makapagdesisyon sila nang patas at walang kinikilingan. "
Natural Translation
Judicial institutions must be free from politics so that they can decide fairly and without bias.
Literal Translation
Must free from politics the judicial institutions so-that can-decide they fairly and without bias.
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