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Government Vocabul
Question | Answer |
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citizen | a native or naturalized member of a political community |
common good | for the benefit or interest of a politically organized society as a whole |
community | any group living in the same area or having interests, work, etc. in common |
constitution | a document containing the system of fundamental laws of a nation, state, or society |
diversion | a system for giving a chance for a first-time criminal defendant in lesser crimes to perform a task in order to avoid harsh punishment |
government | institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled |
incorporation | process creating cities through establishing boundaries, creating a government, and levying taxes |
responsibility | where a person or group is held accountable |
rights | those individual liberties granted to all persons through the U.S. Constitution |
rule of law | principle that every member of a society, even a ruler, must follow the law |