Legal thinking, like mathematical thinking, involves an exactification of concepts.

The rules of the risk game were as follows: The player was given 8,000 guaranies (two-thirds of a day's wages) and could choose to bet nothing, 2,000, 4,000, 6,000, or all 8,000 guaranies.

to plunge the body into water

The soldiers thought they were spies. As speaking the langwidge, I asked him what the matter was.