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IELTS Government
Government and its Authorities ielts words vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prosecutor | a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone. |
| attorney | a lawyer |
| immigration policy | a set of rules and laws placed by the government to control immigration and the demographics of immigrants |
| imprisonment | the state of being imprisoned |
| offender | someone who commits illegal acts (which is against the law) |
| The Constitution | a body of fundamental principles and morals in which a government should be governed in a particular state or country |
| ballot | A system of voting secretly for a particular issue |
| presidential campaign | A campaign in which two or more candidates of party compete for the executive position in office (goverment) |
| judicial branch | It is a branch of the government that heads cases and interpret the law and thereby enforcing the law (usually done by the Justices in the Supreme Court) |
| Supreme Court | the highest court in the land of a particular country in which all lower courts respond to |