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term
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A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
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session
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The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
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adjourn
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To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day
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prorogue
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To protract; to prolong; to extend.
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special session
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a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions
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apportion
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To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally
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reapportion
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To apportion again.
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off-year election
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considered to be the general elections held in odd-numbered years
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single-member district
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A single-winner voting system is a voting system in which a predetermined constituency elects a single person to some office
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at-large
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considered altogether; "the country at large";
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Gerrymander
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To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.
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continuous body
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year terms, with half of the senators elected every 3 years to ensure that the Senate is maintained
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trustee
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To commit (property) to the care of a trustee
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partisans
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organized into political parties
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politicos
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a person active in party politics
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oversight function
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review by leg committees of the policies and programs of the executive branch
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strict constructionist
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particular legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts judicial interpretation
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liberal constructionist
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one who argues a broad interpretation of the provisions of the constitution
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consensus
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Agreement; accord
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tax
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To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon
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direct tax
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a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied
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indirect tax
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a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
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deficit financing
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When the expenditures of a government (its purchases of goods and services, plus its transfers (grants) to individuals and corporations) are greater than its tax revenues, it creates a deficit in the government budget
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public debt
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the total of the nation's debts
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commerce power
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The provision in the United States Constitution that gives Congress the sole power to regulate the United States foreign commerce, interstate commerce, and commerce with Native American tribes.
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legal tender
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something used as an official medium of payment
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bankruptcy
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The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
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naturalization
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The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen
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copyright/patent
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he right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons
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eminent domain
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he right of the state to take private property for public use
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appropriate
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To take to one's self in exclusion of others
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constituencies
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the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
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