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Suspend business for a time
Adjourn
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Official representative of a government in a foreign country
Ambassador
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Change in, or addition to, a written constitution
Amendment
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To take a case to a higher court for a review, uusually done by the losers in a trial
Appeal
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Authority of a court to review the decisions of a lower court
Appellate jurisdiction
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the distribution and assignment of seats in the House of Reps
Apportionment
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Permission given by the legislature to another branch of government to spend money
Appropriations
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When charges are made against a person in court
Arraignment
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Money or other property given to the court to secure the release of an accused person until the time of a trial
bail
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A legislature with two houses
Bicameral
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A document presented to Congress for adoption into law
Bill
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A law declaring a person guilty of a crime without trial
Bill of attainder
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The group of executive department heads who advise the President
Cabinet
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A crime in which the death penalty may be given
Capital crime
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Official count of the population
Census
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When each branch of the govt has the means to check the actions of the other branches
Checks and balances
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the presiding of head judge of the Supreme court
cheif justice
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rights or freedoms that belong to every citizen
Civil rights
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person with supreme control over military forces of a nation
commander in chief
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buying, selling, and transportation products and services between places
commerce
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the laws that come from court decisions rather than those made by the legislatures
Common law
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a loose alliance of independent staes where the individual states do not give up the power to act independently
confederation
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