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| the distribution of political or military strength among several nations so that none of them becomes too strong or dangerous |
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| the effort to move others to a particular course of action through appeals to moral values and beliefs, w/o the use of enticements or force |
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| the imposition of military rule above or in place of civil authority during times of war and emergency. |
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| a final proposal or demand, as by one nation to another, that if rejected, will likely lead to war |
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| characterized by small exceptions or conditions thar enable escape from the general rule or principle |
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| a special unit of warships assigned to a particular naval task |
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| the settlement of a dispute by putting the mandatory decision in the hands of a third, neutral party |
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| using the services of a third party to promote negotiations and suggest solutions, but w/o the power of mandatory decision making |
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| a sum of money or property legally authorized to be spent for a specific purpose. |
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| in law, a judicial order requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court at a specified time and place in order to determine the legality of the imprisonment |
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| governed by indeterminate preference or whim rather than by settled principle or law |
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| the proportion or share of a larger number of things that a smaller group is assigned to contribute |
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| United States paper currency, especially that printed before the establishment of the Federal Reserve System |
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| In finance, an interest-bearing certificate issued by a government or business that guarantees repayment to the purchaser on a specified date a a predetermined rate of interest |
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| the corrupt acquisition of funds, through outright theft or embezzling or through questionably legal methods like kickbacks or insider trading |
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| One who takes advantage of a shortage of supply to charge excessively high prices and thus reap large profits |
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