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12 Cards in this Set
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a political official during the time he remains in office after a defeat or inability to seek another term, and whose power is therefore diminished?
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Lame duck
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the official legal authorization appointing a person to an office or military position, indicating the nature of the duty, term of office, and chain of command?
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Commission
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a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some act?
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Writ
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the charge of a public official with improper conduct in office?
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Impeachment
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characterized by principled opposition to all war and belief in nonviolent solutions to conflict?
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Pacifist
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a place where a government representative is stationed in a foreign country, but not the main headquarters of diplomatic representation headed by an ambassador (the embassy)?
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Consulate
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to yield or grant something, often upon request or under pressure?
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Cede
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in law and government, a decision or action that establishes a sanctioned rule for determining similar cases in the future?
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Precedent
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the withdrawal, by legal or illegal means, of one portion of a political entity from the government to which it has been bound?
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Secession
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compulsory enrollment of men and women into the armed forces?
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Conscription
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the simultaneous firing of all guns on one side of a ship?
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Broadside
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a government order prohibition commerce in or out of a port?
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Embargo
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