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9th Civics CHP 20

9TH CIVICS CHAPTER 20 - VOCABULARY

QuestionAnswer
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.
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