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| the group of advisors that assist the cabinet |
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| to end or eliminate something |
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| a person running for an elected government office |
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| a principal of a democratic government in which each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches |
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| the elected leader of the national, state, or local government; the head of the executive branch of government at any level |
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| a person having all the rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities of a state or nation |
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| a person's official membership in a state or nation |
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| a court chase involving a dispute between people over property, money, or damages |
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| the power of Congress to print money |
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| trade; the buying and selling of goods and services |
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| a group of officials which has duties that are prescribed by law |
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| a person appointed to a commission |
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| a small part of a legislature that works together on a bill or a part of a bill |
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| an exclusive power of the president or governor to reduce the punishment of a person who has broken the law |
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| an elected member of the Maryland executive branch who manages the state revenues and enforces the collection of taxes |
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| those government powers that both the state and national governments share; for example, taxation is a concurrent power |
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| to direct in action or course; manage; carry on, as in "to conduct a meeting"; or as in the state's power to "conduct elections" |
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| a loose alliance of independent states which results in a weak central government |
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| a temporary committee formed to settle differences between bills passed by the two houses of the legislature |
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| to approve; for example the legislative branch (usually the senate) of a government approves an executive appointment |
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| to come face to face with |
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| the legislative branch of the Unites States government |
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| letters sent by members of Congress to the people in their district describing things that are going on in Congress |
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| a document which organizes the power and structure of a government |
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| in agreement with what is written in the United States or Maryland constitution |
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| a legal agreement between two or more people that is an economic benefit gauranteed by law |
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| a city or county official elected to carry out legislative or executive functions in some local governments |
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| a person elected to carry out legislative and excutive functions in some countries |
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| a legislative branch in some county governments |
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| the elected head of the executive branch of some county governments any trial court case |
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| a legal means of solving a conflict |
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| a case in which the government accuses someone of braking a law |
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| those events that take place when a government charges a person with a crime |
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| cruel and unusual punishment |
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| any court sentence that is not an accepted way of treating a himan being or is more severe than the criminal deserves |
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