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| an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it |
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| an association, primarily of people in business, to promote the commercial interests of an area |
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| a charitable fund, foundation, or institution |
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| relationship between an individual and a state in which an individual owes allegiance to that state and in turn is entitled |
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| lthe activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an appraisal of the present condition, a forecast of future requirements, a plan for the fulfillment of these requirements, and proposals for constructional, legal, and financial programs to implement the plan |
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| Formal process by which voters make their political choices on public issues or candidates for public office |
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| the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs |
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| pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states |
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| the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic |
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| the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it |
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| the executive head of a state in the U.S. |
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| the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies |
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| a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law |
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| the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice |
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| the branch of government having the power to make laws |
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| a person who gives or makes laws |
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| the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large |
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| the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town |
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| a collective term for the defense and foreign relations of a country; protection of the interests of a country |
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| having a definite policy or system of government |
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| refers to the implementation of government policy and to an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for working in the public service |
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| the business of inducing the public to have understanding for and goodwill toward a person, firm, or institution |
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| a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct |
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| the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses |
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| an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation |
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