TOG Yr2 Wk36
Terms
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- a right
- something to which one has a just claim
- privilege
- a right or liberty granted
- duty
- a moral or legal obligation
- obligation
- something one is bound to do
- responsibility
- something for which one is responsible
- pledge
- a promise or agreement that must be kept
- vow
- a solemn promise or statement
- treaty
- an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation
- word of honor
- verbal guarantee of something promised
- honoring your word
- to fulfill the terms of a promise
- scandal
- something that offends moral standards or disgraces those associated with it
- cabinet
- a group of advisers to the political head of a government
- amendment
- a change in wording or meaning especially in a law, bill, or motion
- inalienable
- impossible to take away or give up
- federal government
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political system by which a nation of people (comprised of states/provinces) is administered and regulated
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group of people who manage a country or nation - state government
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political system by which a state of people is administered and regulated
-OR-
group of people who manage a state - state constitution
- set of doctrines, principles, and laws according to which a state is governed
- Bill of Rights
- the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- permanent
- lasting or intended to last for a very long time
- majority
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1 a number greater than half of a total
2 the party that makes up more than half of the whole group - minority
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1 a number smaller than half of a total
2 the party that makes up less than half of the whole group - Congress
- the chief lawmaking body of the United States made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
- assembly
- a body of persons gathered together for a purpose
- warrant
- a legal paper giving an officer the power to carry out the law
- trial by jury
- a trial that is judged by a randomly selected body of citizens
- seizure
- taking possession of person or property by legal process