Final Flashcards
(101 cards)
1
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Youngster that commits a crime
A
Juvenile Delinquent
2
Q
Jury that can’t decide on a verdict
A
Hung jury
3
Q
State side of the trial
A
Prosecution
4
Q
A hearing
A
Arraignment
5
Q
A notice directing someone to appear in court
A
Summons
6
Q
Taking property by unlawful means
A
Fraud
7
Q
Deliberate destruction of property
A
Vandalism
8
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Unlawful taking of property
A
Larceny
9
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Formal agreement
A
Contract
10
Q
Being accused of crime or being sued
A
Defendant
11
Q
Filing the lawsuit
A
Plaintiff
12
Q
When a person sues someone else
A
Lawsuit
13
Q
Law between people disputes
A
Civil law
14
Q
A group of citizens that decide whether the case accuse someone
A
Grand jury
15
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A court that guarantees a person the right to appear before a judge
A
Writ of Hapeus Corpus
16
Q
Making new things out of old ones
A
Recycle
17
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Unpaid community service
A
Volunteerism
18
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Promise to repay money with interest
A
Bond
19
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Community’s system of roads, bridges, water, and sewer
A
Infrastructure
20
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A government policy
A
Public policy
21
Q
A city and its suburbs
A
Metropolitan area
22
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Voting district within a city
A
Ward
23
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Chief executive of a city government
A
Mayor
24
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Law of a city or county
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Ordinance
25
Plan of government as in the Magna Carta
Charter
26
One house legislative
Unicameral
27
Serious crime
Felony
28
Agreement to plea guilty to a crime in exchange for reduce sentencing
Plea bargain
29
Small crime
Misdemeanor
30
Reducing a criminal's sentence
Commuting a sentence
31
When 1 party takes legal action against another
Civil case
32
The authority of the Supreme Court to review federal state laws
Judicial review
33
To review any case from a lower court
Appellate jurisdiction
34
Federal court that only handles appeals
Court of appeals
35
Breaking the law
Criminal case
36
First one to hear a case
Original jurisdiction
37
Headed by an ambassador in a foreign nation
Embassy
38
Independent agency that controls business
Regulatory commission
39
Owned by a government and provides services to the government
Government corporations
40
Government office that takes care of its citizens
Consulate
41
Giving jobs for most qualified
Merits system
42
Reward for party loyalty
Spoils system
43
Delay a sentence
Reprieve
44
Pardon granted to a member of a group
Amnesty
45
A rule that a president issues and has force of law
Executive order
46
Government or other organization with many different departments and rules
Bureaucracy
47
Official representative of a country's government
Ambassador
48
Bill involving money
Appropriate bill
49
Formal disapproval of one of its member
Censure
50
Talking until the bill dies (withdrawn)
Filibuster
51
To accuse a government official of wrongdoing
Pigeonhole
52
President looks at a bill and keeps it until it dies/withdrawn
Pocket veto
53
Person who takes polls or public opinion
Pollyster
54
Trying to persuade officials
Lobbying
55
News information widely distributed
Mass media
56
People with similar interest, POV
Interest group
57
One sided POV
Bias
58
When people go through neighborhoods looking for votes
Canvassing
59
Group who chose the president
Electoral college
60
When voters can remove an official from state
Recall
61
When citizens propose laws through petition
Initiative
62
Election where voters approve or reject local/state laws
Referendum
63
Election where party members chose their candidate
Primary election
64
Movement beginning with the people
Grassroots
65
Political alliance with another party or parties
Coalition
66
Not involving political parties
Nonpartisan
67
Large number of seats
Plurality
68
Stances and statements of goals and opinions
Party's platform
69
More than half
Majority
70
Respect and acceptance if people from a different race, religion, or lifestyle
Toleration
71
Call up for military service
Draft
72
Separation of people for race, ethics
Segregation
73
Programs to help minorities/women gain jobs
Affirmative action
74
Unfair less than=treatment
Discrimination
75
Health, prosperity, and happiness
Welfare
76
Money paid to the court by an accused person to guarantee that they will show up for court
Bail
77
A document that allows law enforcement to search a home for evidence
Search warrant
78
Procedures established by law and guaranteed by the constitution
Due process of law
79
Being tried for the same crime twice
Double jeopardy
80
The right to vote
Suffrage
81
Act of lying about another person
Slander
82
Powers shared by the state and national governments
Concurrent powers
83
Interprets the law
Judicial branch
84
Powers that federal government specifically stated in the constitution
Enumerated powers
85
System where each branch of government limits each branch
Checks and balances
86
Against the constitution
Anti-Federalist
87
Idea that people should govern themselves
Popular Sovereignty
88
Makes the laws
Legislative branch
89
A group of states or individuals that ban together for a purpose
Confederation
90
A system of law that is based on precedent
Common law
91
British government
Parliament
92
Refusal to buy goods for a protest
Boycott
93
Cancel a law
Repeal
94
Representative to a meeting
Delegate
95
The process to become a citizen
Naturalization
96
Person who comes into the country to live there permanently
Immigrant
97
Official process for counting a nation's population
Census
98
People who flee their homeland for war, famine, or political advantage
Refugee
99
Government controlled by one person or small group
Dictatorship
100
Government of representatives by citizens
Representative democracy
101
Someone who lives in a country but is not a citizen
Alien
