hāmene
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to sue, summon (legal), penalise, charge, accuse.
Ki te tohe ngā tāngata Māori o tēnei kaute ki te tuku hāmene ki te whakawā Pākehā, kāore e whai mana taua hāmene, kāore hoki e tae taua tangata, ngā tāngata rānei i hāmenetia ki te whakawā Pākehā (TW 17/8/1878:415). / If Māori people of this county persist in sending summonses for Pākehā jurisdiction, those summonses will have no legal power, and the person or people summonsed will not have to attend Pākehā judgment.
Synonyms: whakatuaki, whakapā hē, whakapae, ngawhi, whaina, whiu
2. (loan) (noun) summons, penalty, charge, culprit.
Me whakamana e ngā tāngata o tēnei Kaute te kupu a ngā Komiti e mea nei, kaua e tuku hāmene ngā tāngata Māori ki te whakawā Pākehā, engari me tuku tonu ki ngā Komiti māna e whakawā (TW 17/8/1878:415). / The people of this county should do as the committee says, that is, Māori people are not to send summonses to the Pākehā legal system but should send them to the committees who will judge them.
See also tāmana
