The Hindu Editorial (Lessons for India) – Jul 04, 2020

The long quest for justice for the two Kerala fishermen shot dead by Italian marines from the Enrica Lexie about 20.5 nautical miles off… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Lessons for India) – Jul 04, 2020.

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1. marine (noun) – a member of an armed force who operate on land and at sea.
2. meet with (verb) – receive, have (a particular reaction).
3. quest (noun) – pursuit, search; investigation.
4. Enrica lexie (noun) – it is an Italian oil tanker (oil tanker is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products).
5. nautical mile (noun) – it is a unit of measurement defined as 1.852 kilometres, used on water by sailors and/or navigators in shipping and aviation. It is the average length of one minute of one degree along a great circle (circumference) of the Earth. One nautical mile corresponds to one minute of latitude.
6. arbitration (noun) – conciliation, mediation, intervention/negotiation.
7. jurisdiction (noun) – authority, power (to hear a case & make legal decisions). 
8. try (verb) – hear, investigate (a case) and make a formal judgement on it; pass judgement on, adjudge, adjudicate.
9. hold (verb) – detain, keep, hold in custody, imprison.
10. entitle (verb) – allow, permit, make eligible, authorize.
11. immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, release (from legal proceedings). 
12. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) (noun) – The Permanent Court of Arbitration, established by treaty in 1899, is an intergovernmental organization providing a variety of dispute resolution services to the international community.
13. admit (verb) – acknowledge, declare, make public.
14. concurrent jurisdiction (adjective) – two or more courts from different systems simultaneously  have authority to hear the same case.
15. preclude (verb) – prevent, prohibit, block/exclude.
16. in one’s favour (phrase) – to one’s benefit/advantage.
17. vessel (noun) – ship, yacht, boat.
18. freedom of navigation (FON) (noun) – a principle of customary (established ) international law that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states, apart from the exceptions provided for in international law.
19. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (noun) – This convention provides the overarching framework for the governance of the oceans. It governs relations among countries on oceans-related issues. It outlines the rights and responsibilities countries have related to the use of the oceans, the seabed and their resources, and the protection of the ocean environment. This Convention was signed on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994.
20. merit (verb) – be entitled to, deserve, warrant, justify.
21. compensation (noun) – recompense, restitution, indemnification, settlement (for loss/damage). 
22. obligation (noun) – duty/responsibility; necessity, necessary requirement.
23. measure (noun) – step, action, course of action, plan of action, procedure.
24. suppress (verb) – conceal, hide, cover up.
25. piracy (noun) – an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship/boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area.
26. at all (phrase) – conceivably, in any way, by any means.
27. outrage (noun) – fury, anger, wrath, indignation, resentment.
28. wanton (adjective) – deliberate, wilful, malicious/cruel, unjustifiable.
29. inasmuch as (phrase) – to the extent that; in so far as.
30. circumstances (noun) – situation, conditions, state of affairs.
31. contiguous (adjective) – neighbouring, adjacent, bordering/abutting.
32. Contiguous Zone (noun) – an area of sea contiguous to and extending seaward of the territorial sea, in which the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws within its territory or territorial sea. The contiguous zone is a band of water extending farther from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline.
33. territorial sea (noun) – a belt of coastal waters that go at most 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from the edge of a coastal state.
34. offence (noun) – breach or violation of the law.
35. warrant (verb) – justify/necessitate, vindicate/validate, call for.
36. prosecution (noun) – legal action/trail, legal proceeding, litigation.
37. rule out (phrasal verb) – eliminate, reject, dismiss.
38. in order (phrase) – appropriate, suitable, proper, right.
39. take over (phrasal verb) – assume control of, take charge of, take command of.
40. tangle (noun) – mix-up, confusion, mishmash, shambles.
41. sort out (phrasal verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to.
42. diplomatic (adjective) – (delicate & sensitive) consular, foreign-policy, political.
43. fallout (noun) – adverse results/consequence; after-effects, repercussions.
44. prosecute (verb) – take to court, institute legal action against, charge with, accuse of.
45. invoke (verb) – cite, refer to, adduce. 
46. furore (noun) – agitation, disturbance, turmoil.
47. sanctions (noun) – action taken, or an order given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
48. take someone/something out of someone else’s hands (phrase) – to release or free someone/something of the burden of someone else.
49. make good (phrase) – do well, get ahead, succeed.
50. takeaway (noun) – a key point/idea/fact.
51. domain (noun) – area/sphere of activity.

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