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police powers
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the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.
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political action committee
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a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation
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political efficacy
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theoretical concept that indicates citizens' faith and trust in government
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political socialization
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a concept concerning the “study of the developmental processes by which children and adolescents acquire political cognition and attitudes
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politico
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politician
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poll tax
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a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
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polling place
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a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
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popular sovereignty
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the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will
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precedent
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a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
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precinct
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a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection
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preclearance
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a formal authorization permitting access to classified information, documents
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preventative detention
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imprisonment that is not imposed as the punishment for a crime, but in order to prevent a person from committing a crime
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prior restraint
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a court order banning publication of unpublished material
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privitization
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to make exclusive; delimit or appropriate
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probable cause
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reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution
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