An arms race is a situation in which two or more countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more weapons and better weapons then the other groups in case of a possible attack.
An arms race
D)a delay in carrying out a sentence
A direct object is a noun, pronoun or group of words serving as the receiving end of an action. So in this case,
Settlers (answer!)
This should be the answer as settlers are at the receiving end of the protection from the judge! :)
Expla The answer is encourage