Answer:
Discretion
Explanation:
In the legal system, discretion is most often described as a judge's ability to choose where, how and how severely a person who has been convicted should be sentenced.
An individual decides to use his or her options and decides what to use, whether he or she is a police officer who arrests a person on the street (criminal) or expels someone from an apartment (civil) or anywhere between.
There are some cases overruling or undermining the rule of law by imposing control.
Nevertheless, legislation can not be written without discretion, so the rule of law helps to direct discretion against societal expectations, standards and, at least in part, public interest.
