Vocab and Spelling Flashcards
Abjure
reject
Accommodation
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Adjudication
a final decision on a legal matter or a court case
Advocate
Agree with, recommend , support and tell others about an idea
Alien
Someone who is not a US citizen
Alimony
Money that you have to pay ex hunband or wife
Allegiance
Loyalty to a person or country, or belief
Alternative sentencing/rehabilitative program-
punishment penalty decided by law instead of jail
Arrested
taken to jail by the police
Bear arms
to own or use a gun
Charge
when the police give a formal statement that you have done something illegal
Child Support
money that a husband/father or wife/mother is required to pay to support a child after a divorce
Civilian
Someone not in the military
Cite/citation
order to appear in court or pay a fine for doing something illegal
Civilian direction
orders from someone not in the military
Claim
to say that something is true
Combat
- fighting, war
Commit a crime
- do something illegal
Communist - government of China, North Korea, Viet Nam, Cuba..
A type of government
where there is no private ownership of land, housing, business, etc
Confined to a mental institution
kept in hospital for people who have mental health problems
Contact
communicate with a person
Conscript
- require
Constitution
- supreme law of the land
Controlled substance -
drugs or special medicine regulated by the government
Convict
- found guilty of a crime in a court of law
Country of Nationality -
the country of current citizenship or nationality
Crime
- doing something that breaks the law
Current
- what is true right now
Declared legally incompetent -
judge/psychiatrist say that you are unable to make decisions
for yourself due to mental health problems
Defer
- delay until a later date
Delay
- make something happen late
Deploy
- sent to serve as soldier
Desert
- leave the military without permission
Detain
- hold
Detention facility
- a jail where people wait before going to court
Directly or Indirectly
do something in an obvious way (directly) or in a hidden way (indirectly)
Disability
Physical or mental inability like blindness
Disclose
- tell
Divorce
- legally stop being married
Documentation
- legal records
Domestic
Things that happen inside a country
Draft
When US GOVERNENT orders someone to join the military
Eligibility
- meet the requirements to be able to do something
Enlist
- sign up
Ethnicity
- one’s cultural background
Evasion
purposely avoiding a duty
Ever
- at any time
Exactly
- the same way
Exemption -
special permission to not do some thing
Fail
not pass a test
False
- not true
Fidelity
- faithful
File
- present a written statement of a request
Forcing any sexual contact or relations -
touching male or female body parts when someone
doesn’t want it
Form of government -
U.S. government elected by the people/republic
Fraudulent
make people believe a lie so you can get something you want
Gamble
Bet money to guess who will win at sports or games so that you can try to get money.
Gender
- male or female
Genocide
- killing a group or race of people because of their religion, race, or other reason
Guerrilla group
Group of people fighting the government or police with weapons
Habitual drunkard -
Someone addicted to drinking
Illegal
against the law
Illegal gambling
gambling that is not allowed by law; dog fighting
Immigration benefit
Benwfits given to legal immigrant
Insurgent organization
a group of people that use weapons to fight a government
jail
a building where police take people who are arrested for breaking the law
labor camp
a place where people are forced to work
Lawful permanent resident
Someone who is legally living in US for indefinite time
left
go away from the United States
legally
- allowed by law
Legally incompetent
mentally ill or not able to think properly or make decisions for self
Lie
- to say things that are not true
Married
having a husband or wife. This means legally married
Mental institution
A place for mentally ill people
Military unit
a group of people that work for a government to fight in a war
Militia
an army that does not work for a government
Misleading
- tell someone information that is not true to get something that is wanted
Misrepresentation -
not telling the truth
Narcotics -
any illegal or unlawfully possessed drug
Naturalization -
process to become a US citizen
Noncombatant
to work in military without using weapons e.g. helping in hospital, kitchen,
office
Oath
a promise
Oath of Allegiance
- a solemn promise to be loyal to the US made during naturalization
ceremony
Obtain
to get something
Occupy
to take over and control by military
Offense
doing something against law
Overdue
late
Overthrow -
to remove a leader or government from power by using force
Owe-
have a debt; be required to pay
Paramilitary unit
a group of people who act like the military, but do not work for a government
Parole
- let go from jail before end of sentence
Perform noncombatant services
- work for military that does not involve fighting
Perform work of national importance
- do work that is important to the country during a
national emergency
Persecute
to hurt someone because of religion, nationality or political opinions
Police unit
a group of people who work for a government to catch people who break the law
Prison
a building where criminals must stay as punishment for breaking the law
Prison camp
- a prison for enemy soldiers or other military during a war
Probation
a time when a person who has broken the law gets out of prison early for good
behavior in prison but is required to report regularly to a probation officer
Prostitute
a person who has sex with someone for money
Public benefit -
money from the government for things such as food stamps, housing, medical
or Social Security payments
Rebel group
- a group of people who fight a national government for power
Recruit –
– ask
Register
- sign up and put your name on an official list
Removal, exclusion, rescission and deportation proceedings -
the formal process that
happens when a non-citizen must leave the United States because the government believes the
person is not entitled to be in the country, is illegally in the country, or has violated immigration
laws
Removal
make someone leave US
Exclusion
not allow person to enter US
Rescission
cancellation of agreement to remain in the United States
Deportation
force a person to return to their original country
Proceedings
a legal case to decide a person’s immigration status
Resident
a person who lives in a specific place
Self-defense unit
- a group of people fighting to protect themselves
Smuggle
- bring something illegally into the country
Suspended sentence
legal delay in a penalty or sentence
Tax return
- send tax forms to US government for tax year
Terrorist
- a person that uses fear and violence to control people
To bear arms
- have guns
Torture
badly hurt someone on purpose
Totalitarian
a political system in which people have no power and are controlled by a dictator
U.S. Armed Forces
responsible for defending the United States- army, Air Force, navy
Vigilante unit
a group of people who act like the police but are not real police
Weapon
something used to fight such as a gun, knife, or bomb
