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Vocab For SS
Pages 28-32 & 33-36
Term | Definition |
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Monarch | A king or queen |
Legislature | a lawmaking body |
Parliment | The British legislature |
Precedent | A ruling that is used as a basis for a judicial decision later |
Common Law | A system of law based on a precedent and customs |
Colony | A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere |
Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government |