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Vocabulary 12 13 14

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federal system   the sharing of power in which powers divide btwn the federal, or national, government and the states  
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reserved powers   powers that the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states  
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concurrent powers   powers shared by state and federal governments  
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grants in aid   money awarded to the states by the federal government  
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unicarmeral   one house legislature  
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appportion   divided among districts  
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line item veto   to veto only a specific part of a bill  
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commute   to reduce a criminals sentence  
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parole   to grant a prisoner an early release for prisoners, with certain restrictions  
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justice of the peace   the judge of a small court  
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misdemeanor   a relative minor offence such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items  
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magistrate court   police courts generally located in large towns may handle traffic violatin or small amounts of money  
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plaintiff   a person or part filling a lawsuit  
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defendent   an individial or a group being suide  
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felony   a serious crime such as murder rape  
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incorporate   to receive a state charter officially reconizing the goverment of a locality  
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city charter   a document granted power to a local goverment  
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home rule   allow cities to write their own charter choose their own type of government and manage their own affair  
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ordinance   a law usaully of a city or country  
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strong mayor system   a type of government usally in large cities under which the mayor has strong executive power  
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weak mayor system   a type of governt under which the mayor unlimited executive powers  
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at large election   a election for an area as a whole; for exsample, state wide  
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special district   a unit of government that deals with a specific function such as educate  
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