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WSHS 2nd C/E Chap 4 Bill of Rights Terms - Boyd/Tedder

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Censorship   the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas  
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slander   spoken untruths that are harmful to someone’s reputation  
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petition   a formal request for government action  
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civil liberties   freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment  
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libel   written untruths that are harmful to someone’s reputation  
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indictment   a formal charge by a grand jury  
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search warrant   a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence  
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eminent domain   the right of government ot take private property for public use  
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double jeopardy   putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previosly acquitted  
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bail   a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returens for his or her trial  
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due process   following established legal procedures  
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grand jury   a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accurs someone of a crime  
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poll tax   a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot  
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suffrage   the right to vote  
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segregation   the social separation of the races  
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affirmative action   programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities  
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discrimination   unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain goup  
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civil rights   the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law  
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racial profiling   singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity  
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