Final Flashcards
Youngster that commits a crime
Juvenile Delinquent
Jury that can’t decide on a verdict
Hung jury
State side of the trial
Prosecution
A hearing
Arraignment
A notice directing someone to appear in court
Summons
Taking property by unlawful means
Fraud
Deliberate destruction of property
Vandalism
Unlawful taking of property
Larceny
Formal agreement
Contract
Being accused of crime or being sued
Defendant
Filing the lawsuit
Plaintiff
When a person sues someone else
Lawsuit
Law between people disputes
Civil law
A group of citizens that decide whether the case accuse someone
Grand jury
A court that guarantees a person the right to appear before a judge
Writ of Hapeus Corpus
Making new things out of old ones
Recycle
Unpaid community service
Volunteerism
Promise to repay money with interest
Bond
Community’s system of roads, bridges, water, and sewer
Infrastructure
A government policy
Public policy
A city and its suburbs
Metropolitan area
Voting district within a city
Ward
Chief executive of a city government
Mayor
Law of a city or county
Ordinance
Plan of government as in the Magna Carta
Charter
One house legislative
Unicameral
Serious crime
Felony
Agreement to plea guilty to a crime in exchange for reduce sentencing
Plea bargain
Small crime
Misdemeanor
Reducing a criminal’s sentence
Commuting a sentence
When 1 party takes legal action against another
Civil case
The authority of the Supreme Court to review federal state laws
Judicial review
To review any case from a lower court
Appellate jurisdiction
Federal court that only handles appeals
Court of appeals
Breaking the law
Criminal case
First one to hear a case
Original jurisdiction
Headed by an ambassador in a foreign nation
Embassy
Independent agency that controls business
Regulatory commission
Owned by a government and provides services to the government
Government corporations
Government office that takes care of its citizens
Consulate
Giving jobs for most qualified
Merits system
Reward for party loyalty
Spoils system
Delay a sentence
Reprieve
Pardon granted to a member of a group
Amnesty
A rule that a president issues and has force of law
Executive order
Government or other organization with many different departments and rules
Bureaucracy
Official representative of a country’s government
Ambassador
Bill involving money
Appropriate bill
Formal disapproval of one of its member
Censure
Talking until the bill dies (withdrawn)
Filibuster
To accuse a government official of wrongdoing
Pigeonhole
President looks at a bill and keeps it until it dies/withdrawn
Pocket veto
Person who takes polls or public opinion
Pollyster
Trying to persuade officials
Lobbying
News information widely distributed
Mass media
People with similar interest, POV
Interest group
One sided POV
Bias
When people go through neighborhoods looking for votes
Canvassing
Group who chose the president
Electoral college
When voters can remove an official from state
Recall
When citizens propose laws through petition
Initiative
Election where voters approve or reject local/state laws
Referendum
Election where party members chose their candidate
Primary election
Movement beginning with the people
Grassroots
Political alliance with another party or parties
Coalition
Not involving political parties
Nonpartisan
Large number of seats
Plurality
Stances and statements of goals and opinions
Party’s platform
More than half
Majority
Respect and acceptance if people from a different race, religion, or lifestyle
Toleration
Call up for military service
Draft
Separation of people for race, ethics
Segregation
Programs to help minorities/women gain jobs
Affirmative action
Unfair less than=treatment
Discrimination
Health, prosperity, and happiness
Welfare
Money paid to the court by an accused person to guarantee that they will show up for court
Bail
A document that allows law enforcement to search a home for evidence
Search warrant
Procedures established by law and guaranteed by the constitution
Due process of law
Being tried for the same crime twice
Double jeopardy
The right to vote
Suffrage
Act of lying about another person
Slander
Powers shared by the state and national governments
Concurrent powers
Interprets the law
Judicial branch
Powers that federal government specifically stated in the constitution
Enumerated powers
System where each branch of government limits each branch
Checks and balances
Against the constitution
Anti-Federalist
Idea that people should govern themselves
Popular Sovereignty
Makes the laws
Legislative branch
A group of states or individuals that ban together for a purpose
Confederation
A system of law that is based on precedent
Common law
British government
Parliament
Refusal to buy goods for a protest
Boycott
Cancel a law
Repeal
Representative to a meeting
Delegate
The process to become a citizen
Naturalization
Person who comes into the country to live there permanently
Immigrant
Official process for counting a nation’s population
Census
People who flee their homeland for war, famine, or political advantage
Refugee
Government controlled by one person or small group
Dictatorship
Government of representatives by citizens
Representative democracy
Someone who lives in a country but is not a citizen
Alien
