Civis Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Civil Liberty | The freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
Free Speech | The right to say our opinions , in public or in private , without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those idea's. |
Censorship | The banning of the printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain |
Petition | A formal request for government action |
Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
Libel | Written untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
Accused | A person officially charged with a crime |
Probable Cause | a strong reason to think that a person or property and seize evidence |
Indictment | A document issued by a grand jury to change someone with a crime |
Civil | Of or relating to citizens |
Restriction | A limit place on something |
License | A document granting the holder permission |
Retain | To keep |
Eliminate | To take away or end |
Conduct | To carry out |
Double Jeopardy | Putting someone on trial for a crime which he or she was perviously found innocent |
Self Incrimination | Giving evidence about your self that could lead to you found being guiltily of a crime |
Due process | Following established legal procedures |
Eminent Domain | The right of the government to take private property usually land for public use. |
Bail | A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person who is released from jail return to his or her trial |
Black Codes | Laws from after a civil war that kept african americans from golding certain jobs, gave them few property rights , and limited their rights in other ways. |
Suffrage | The right to vote |
Poll Tax | A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
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