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| A form of political organization in which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state as opposed to a state containing people of several nationalities |
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| a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch; supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person |
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| The status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign; royalty |
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| Class of hereditary nobility in medieval Europe; a warrior class who shared a distinctive lifestyle based on the institution of knighthood, although there were social divisions with the group based on extreme wealth |
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| The rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy |
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| Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people & exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system |
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| Law common to the entire kingdom of England; imposed by the king's courts beginning in the 12th century to replace the customary law used in county and feudal courts that varied from place to place |
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| The principle or system of vesting in separate branches= the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government |
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| limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview |
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| Rights to personal liberty established by the 13 & 14th amendment to the US Constitution & certain Congressional acts, especially as applied to an individual or a minority group |
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| The freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights, as of speech or assembly, without unwarranted or arbitrary interference by the government |
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| dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator |
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| A general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction |
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| The highest court of the US |
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| The national legislative body of the US consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the house of representatives or lower house, as a continuous institution |
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| The highest executive officer of a modern republic as the chief executive of the US |
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| The direct vote of all the members of an electorate. |
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| an organization of people who share the same ideas about how a country should run and try to get political power. |
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| an ideology based on the belief that people should be as free from restraint as possible. In political terms it means that the government should have limited exercise of power so people can enjoy basic civil rights |
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| 1.Having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs |
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| Fair treatment through the normal judicial system, esp. as a citizen's entitlement |
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| equal protection under the law |
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| the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts, and to be treated equally by the law and courts, both in procedures and in the substance of the law |
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| 1.A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. |
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| security given to guarantee a prisoner's appearance when legally required |
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| a write issued to bring a party to a court |
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| based on share or government administration of the means of production and distribution of goods |
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| nation that assumes total responsibility for the welfare of the people |
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| two or more states coexist |
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| constitutes the legislative body of a country |
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| economic system of private or corporate ownership of capital goods |
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| fact proving that a crime has been committed |
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| commanding and official to perform a ministerial thing |
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| not in accordance with the constitution |
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| the first ten amendments to the constitution |
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| an addition to the constitution |
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| The legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent. |
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| a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings |
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| A jury, normally of twenty-three jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial. |
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| cruel or oppressive ruler |
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| 2.A nation under such cruel and oppressive government |
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| a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence |
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| the hearing and judgment of a matter before a competent tribunal |
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| The town that is the governmental center of a county. |
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| A set of values emphasizing personal freedom and limited government which provides national identity and structures politics in America.. |
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