Legal Procedures

1. Clemency : mercy shown to prisoners by authorities
2. Commute : reduce sentence
3. Ex-con : former convict
4. Flogging : whipping as punishment
5. Incarceration : imprisonment
6. Parole : release from prison before full sentence has been served
7. Penitentiary : maximum security prison in the US
8. Reprieve : delay in execution of sentence
9. stockade : military prison
10. Turnkey : jailer
11. Warden : prison administrator
12. Warder: jailer

Fights

1. Altercation : dispute, contest
2. Brawl : noisy fight or quarrel
3. Broil : noisy argument or fight
4. Dogfight : rough physical fight
5. Duel : fight between 2 persons especially witnesses and rules of conduct
6. Feud : protracted hostilities between two parties
7. Flap : noisy argument
8. Fracas: noisy fight, brawl
9. Horseplay: playful fighting
10. Joust : contest between knights mounted on horseback
11. Melee : confusing crush of battling opponents
12. Ruckus : noisy commotion, rumpus
13. scrape : fight/battle
14. Scuffle : confused disordered fight
15. Skirmish : light, brief conflict
16. Spat : petty quarrel
17. Squabble : noisy dispute or brawl
18. Strife: contest/fight
19. Tiff: petty quarrel
20. Vendetta: prolonged feud involving killing for revenge

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