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Government Final
Exam terms chapter 15
Question | Answer |
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Ex post facto law | A retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person. |
unprotected speech | Libel, obscenity, fighting words, and commercial speech, which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances. |
libel | Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures, the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid |
property rights | The rights of an individual to own, use, rent, invest, buy, and sell property. |
due process | the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person |
search warrant | A write issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to search a particular place or person, specifically the place to be searched and the objects to be seized. |
indictment | a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime |
petit | (of a crime) petty |
jury | a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court. |
double jeopardy | Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the constitution. |
civil disobedience | Deliberate refusal to obey a law or comply with the order of public officials as a means of expressing opposition |