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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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