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9th Civics CHP 20
9TH CIVICS CHAPTER 20 - VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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DUE PROCESS | The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules. |
SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS | The government must create fair policies and laws. |
PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS | The government must employ fair procedures and methods. |
POLICE POWER | The authority of each state to act to protect and promote. |
SEARCH WARRANT | A court order authorizing a search. |
INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE | Forced labor. |
DISCRIMINATION | Bias, unfairness |
WRITS OF ASSISTANCE | Blanket search warrant with which British custom officals had invaded private homes. |
PROBABLE CAUSE | Reasonable grounds, a reasonable suspicious of a crime. |
EXCLUSIONARY RULE | Evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police. |
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS | A court order which prevents unjust arrests and inprisonments. |
BILL OF ATTAINER | A legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial. |
EX POST FACTO LAW | A law applied to an act committed before its passage. |
INDICTMENT | a formal complaint before a grandjury. |
DOUBLE JEOPARDY | Part of the 5th amendment which says that no person can be put in jeopardy of life or limb twice. Once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for the same crime. |
BENCH TRIAL | A trial in which the judge alone hears. |
MIRANDA RULE | The constitutional rights which police must read to a suspect. |
BAIL | A sum of money that the accused may be requried to post. |
PREVENTIVE DETENTION | A law which allows federal judges to order that an accused felon be hold. |
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT | The death penalty. |
TREASON | Betrayal of ones country. |