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Chapter 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| means "bring me the body" in Latin | Habeas Corpus |
| is the power of the courts to determine whether what the government does is in accordance with the Constitution | Judicial Review |
| the first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution; they set forth the basic freedoms every person is entitled to receive | Bill of Rights |
| an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution | Amendment |
| a malicious and false statement done orally or written form | Defamation |
| keeping; guardianship; care | Custody |
| override or prevent | Veto |
| a body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers | Cabinet |
| reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime | Probable cause |
| a system where power is divided between the centralized government and other units (state governments) | Federalism |
| holds that government and it officers are always subject-never above-the law | Rule of Law |
| offensive to morality or decency | obscene |
| government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches | Check and Balance |
| security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial | Bail |
| government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the leaders and people | Constitutionalism |
| a false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation | Libel |
| an instrument, issued by a magistrate, authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seize property, make a search, or carry a judgment into execution | Warrant |
| an agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant is allowed to state that he or she is guilty, hopefully receiving a lesser charge rather than risk conviction for a graver crime | Plea Bargaining |
| false or damaging statement | Slander |
| the act of provoking somebody or something | Incitement |
| a select body of people who elected somebody to an office on behalf of a larger group to cast their votes for president and vice president | Electoral College |
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