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9 Cards in this Set
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Grand jury |
a group that decides whether there is enough evidence to accuse a person of a crime
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Trial jury |
a group that decides whether an accused person was innocent or guilty |
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Clergy |
Religious officials, such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services |
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feudalism |
a political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals. |
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vassal |
in feudalism, a noble who held land from and served the higher-ranking lord, and in return was given protection |
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fief |
Under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and loyalty. |
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knight |
In the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback. |
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serf |
Peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble. |
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guild |
A medieval business group formed by craftspeople and merchants. |
