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UNIT 2 VOCAB
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does consent mean? | A shorter term for when someone accepts and agrees and allows/approves a request. |
| What does natural rights mean? | Basic rights that everyone naturally receives and the government protects these rights. |
| What does social contract mean? | When everyone agrees among the people to set up and have a government also agreeing to obey (rules for everyone). |
| What does State of Nature mean? | The structure of natural rights when people live without a government, law or rules. |
| What does Enlightenment mean? | A time 1700s where very famous philosophers influenced a low of the constitution. |
| What does Sovereign mean? | When a person or group has the most power in a country or state. |
| What does Subject mean? | Someone thats under the rule of someone (usually with more authority. |
| What does Parlament mean? | British law that includes the house of Lords. |
| What does common law mean? | A body of an unwritten law from judicial decisions, which were developed in England. |
| What does Rule of Law mean? | A principle that when who govern and who were governed must obey to the same exact laws. |