That most often means a form of sharing where people lower their demands or do what they might not otherwise do. In one peacemaking case, involving a truck killing some sheep on the road, the grandfather of the driver agreed to pay for the damage done to the pickup truck and give the herders a few rams and ewes. You would not get that result in a Canadian or American court where liability is based on fault. In our sheep case, the parties all compromised for a result which benefited everyone. As I understood both the law I learned in law school and the law I learned in Navajo ceremonies I begin to see the difference between the two systems.
Anglo law is built on authority, rank, obedience in the face of punishment.
Navajo common law is built on relationships, traditions, emotions, and methods of dealing with each other in a good way. We have a hard time translating our legal terms into English, because there is no English words for what we are talking about. Words carry connotations and non-Navajos have a hard time understanding the connotations of what we are talking about in our legal language. I will give a few examples. It has to do with the importance of relationships.