Except for a handful of cases there were no trials, and courts respected an amnesty that General Pinochet issued for crimes committed before 1978.

And courts, when they review legislative decisions about economic and social matters (where basic individual liberties are not threatened) must respect a legislature's judgments.

And it's important because it reflects the view that courts should respect the judgments and the wisdom that are embodied in prior judicial decisions.

Moreover, she noted that custodial parents often leave the child with another guardian, perhaps a grandmother, and courts generally respect those arrangements.

At one point, Justice Pollock said the court would respect the Legislature's judgment on the law.

"I think the court should honor and respect that."

Those with assets to protect could sign prenuptial agreements that courts would respect.

How would you ensure that the court respects good-faith differences in war-fighting doctrine?

On this charge, the court respected the law.

There's an unspoken rule that if one court banishes someone from faerie, the other court respects the punishment.