State Government (Civics)
Chapter 8 Civics text book, vocabulary.
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- justice of the peace
- an elected official that presides over a justice court
- warrant
- an order to pay out money
- initiative
- a process in which citizens start on new legislation
- small claims courts
- courts that handle cases that involve less than $5000
- general trial courts
- courts that handle major criminal and civil case/
- recall
- a process in which voters may vote an official out of office
- unicameral
- one-house legislature (only in Nebraska)
- civil cases
- cases that try acts that harm individuals or businesses
- municipal court
- courts that are divided into smaller courts that handle specific cases
- extradition
- a method of returning fugitives that have tried escape justice
- territory
- an area governed by the United States that is eligible to become a state
- proposition
- a proposed law that appears on the ballot at the next general election
- patronage
- jobs that are given to people recommended by the political party leaders
- item veto
- the power to veto one part, or item, of an appropriation bill
- penal code
- a set of criminal laws
- referendum
- a method of referring potential laws directly to the people for approval
- full faith and credit clause
- something that ensures that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states
- complaint
- a civil case in which the person or company file lawsuit
- lieutenant governor
- is next in line for the position of governor if the current governor dies, resigns or is removed from office
- governor
- the cheif executive in each state who is elected by the people through a statewide election
- executive orders
- orders that set up methods of enforcing laws