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Amendment |
an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc |
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Appropriation |
an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use |
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Bill of Attainder |
an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without privilege of a judicial trial |
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Capitation |
a poll tax |
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Concurrence |
accordance in opinion; agreement: |
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Delegated |
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention |
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Emolument |
profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation forservices |
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Enumeration |
a catalog or list |
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Established Religion |
a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state |
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Extradition |
the procedure by which a state or nation, upon receipt of a formal request by another state or nation, turns over to that second jurisdiction an individual charged with or convicted of a crime in that jurisdiction |
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Habeas Corpus |
used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful |
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Impeachment |
the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper house |
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Naturalized |
to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen. |
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Ordain |
to enact or establish by law, edict, etc. |
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Pardon |
forgiveness of a serious offense or offender |
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Quorum |
the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority |
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Ratification |
the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction |
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Tranquility |
quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity |
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Treason |
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign |
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Tribunal |
a court of justice. |
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Vested |
held completely, permanently, and inalienably |
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Writ |
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act |
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Allegiance |
the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign. |
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Consolation |
the act of consoling; comfort; solace |
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Constrain |
to force, compel, or oblige |
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Domestic Tranquility |
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Endeavor |
to attempt; try |
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Evinces |
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove |
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Fallacious |
containing a fallacy; logically unsound |
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Impious |
not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly |
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Indictment |
a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes |
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Jurisdiction |
the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies. |
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Lavished |
expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion |
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Posterity |
succeeding or future generations collectively |
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Reconciliation |
the process of making consistent or compatible. |
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Renounce |
to give up by formal declaration |
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Reproach |
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
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Tenure |
the holding or possessing of anything |
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Transient |
not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory. |
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Unalienable |
not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated |
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Usurpations |
wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure. |
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Agrarian |
relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property |
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Assimilate |
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb |
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Chattel |
a movable article of personal property. |
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Edict |
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. |
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Effigy |
a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument. |
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Fiscal |
of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenues |
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Infallible |
absolutely trustworthy or sure |
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Insidious |
intended to entrap or beguile |
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Insurrection |
an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government |
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Plurality |
the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority ). |
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Ostensibly |
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended |
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Plutocracy |
the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. |
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Proliferation |
the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts. |
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Ratify |
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction |
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Sedition |
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government |
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Suffrage |
the right to vote, especially in a political election. |
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Theocracy |
a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. |
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Totalitarian |
of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. |
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Antinomian |
a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel. |
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Boycott |
to abstain from buying or using |
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Capitalism |
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations,especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. |
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Cede |
to yield or formally surrender to another |
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Confederation |
the union of the 13 original U.S. states under the Articles of Confederation 1781–89 |
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Conscription |
compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. |
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Democracy |
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the mor by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
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Enlightenment |
a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine. |
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Excise Tax |
A tax, similar to a sales tax, imposed on some goods, especially luxuries and cars. |
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Laissez-Faire |
the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs. |
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Loyalist |
a person who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution; Tory. |
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Mercantilism |
mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism. |
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Minutemen |
a U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile with three stages, powered by solid-propellant rocket engines. |
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Patriarchy |
a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe. |
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Patriot |
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. |
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Republic |
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. |
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Secede |
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc. |
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Specie |
coined money; coin. |
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Tariff |
bill; cost; charge. |
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Tory |
a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist. |
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Unicameral |
consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly. |
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Whig |
to move along briskly. |
