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14 Cards in this Set
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Vested |
Fully and unconditionally guaranteed as a legal right, benefit, or privilege |
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Impeachment |
To charge a public official with misconduct in office |
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Commute |
Reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one |
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Summons |
A call by authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty |
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Electoral |
Appointing, selecting by vote |
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Enumerate |
Mention (a number of things) one by one |
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Constituents |
A member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body |
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Respite |
A period of temporary delay |
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Reprieves |
Cancel or postpone |
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Tenure |
The holding of an office. |
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Prorogue |
Discontinue of session of parliament without dissolving it |
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Commute |
To change (a penalty) to another less severe |
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Reprieves |
To delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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Portfolio |
A particular job or area of responsibility of a member of a government |
