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  2. Retributive justice - Wikipedia

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    Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards.

  3. Denunciation (penology) - Wikipedia

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    Denunciation in the context of sentencing philosophy demonstrates the disapproval of an act by society expressed by the imposition of a punishment. The purpose of denunciation is not so much to punish the offender but to demonstrate to law-abiding citizens that the particular behaviour which is being punished, or denounced, is not acceptable. [1]

  4. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act - Wikipedia

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    Under this system, lenders, who have more buying power, would more aggressively seek the lowest price for real estate settlement services. While both the HUD-1 and HUD-1A serve to disclose all fees, costs and charges to both the buyer and seller involved in a real estate transaction, it is not uncommon to find mistakes on the HUD.

  5. Procedural justice - Wikipedia

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    Procedural justice concerns the fairness (formal equal opportunity) and the transparency of the processes by which decisions are made, and may be contrasted with distributive justice (fairness in the distribution of rights and outcomes), and retributive justice (fairness in the punishment of wrongs). Hearing all parties before a decision is ...

  6. Contributive justice - Wikipedia

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    Retributive justice; Rule According to Higher Law; Rule of law; Service recovery paradox; Teaching for social justice; Transformative justice; Utilitarianism; John ...

  7. Real estate - Wikipedia

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    Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as growing crops (e.g. timber), minerals or water, and wild animals; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

  8. Vigilantism - Wikipedia

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    The term is borrowed from Italian vigilante, which means 'sentinel' or 'watcher', from Latin vigilāns.According to political scientist Regina Bateson, vigilantism is "the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses."

  9. Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 - Wikipedia

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    The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 is an Act of the Parliament of India which seeks to protect home-buyers as well as help boost investments in the real estate industry. The Act establishes a Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in each state for regulation of the real estate sector and also acts as an adjudicating body ...