Chapter 4 Section 2 Flashcards
Third amendment
Quartering of troops
Not required to personally house troops during peacetime
Result of forced housing of British troops in homes of the colonists
Seventh amendment
Deals with civil cases, The case must involve $20 for the seventh amendment to guarantee a jury in the trial
Civil cases
Lawsuits that arise when peoples rights are in conflict
Ninth amendment
Freedoms not listed in the Bill of Rights
Examples, raise a family, cheeseburger or career or choose not to work, join clubs, organizations, political parties, travel, education
10th amendment
States that powers not mentioning Constitution goes to the states or the people, prevents Congress and the present and the federal courts from becoming too strong
A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects home or business and take specific items as evidence
Search warrant
Following established legal procedures
Due process
A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial
Bail
Putting someone on trial for crime of which he or she was previously tried for in found not guilty
Double Jeopardy
Giving evidence about yourself that could lead to you being found guilty of a crime
Self-incrimination
The right of the government to take private property for public use
Eminent domain
A person officially charged with a crime
Accused
A strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime
Probable cause
Document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime
Indictment
Fourth amendment
It protects against unusual searches and seizures. It says that the government must have a probable cause and a search warrant before they can search you
