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hunga whakawā

1. (noun) jury, tribunal.

Porowhiua atu ana e te hunga whakawā te whakapae mō te whana i te kāwanatanga, ā, mō te taha tohu kōhuru kāre i taea e rātau te whakatau; i whakataua e te hunga whakawā i hara a ia, arā, i runga i te 'whanonga hēnga' ōna, i tana ātetenga i tana whakaraunga tuatahitanga (TTR 1996:182). / The jury threw out the charge of sedition and were unable to come to a decision on the counselling charges, but found him guilty of 'morally' resisting arrest on the first occasion (DNZB 1996:446).

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Synonyms: rūnanga hūri, hūri

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