Vocab Ch 41-45

Question 1

to lobby

Answer 1

try to influence the opinions of MPs and Lords

Question 2

to petition

Answer 2

formal process involving sending a written appeal to an MP, following a set format, which is then presented to the Commons by the MP

Question 3

legislation

Answer 3

possible future laws

Question 4

committee stage

Answer 4

when a proposed laws is being looked at by a group of people

Question 5

Bill

Answer 5

proposal for a law currently under discussion

Question 6

Select Committee

Answer 6

comittee that checks and reports on some aspect of government work

Question 7

to scrutinise

Answer 7

looking closely at

Question 8

Hansard

Answer 8

the official record of parliamentary business

Question 9

constituent

Answer 9

someone who voted for you

Question 10

Environmental Audit

Answer 10

closely examines environmental consequences of government decisions

Question 11

conduct

Answer 11

behaviour

Question 12

constitution

Answer 12

full set of laws of a country

Question 13

to constitute

Answer 13

to form (political party)

Question 14

delegates

Answer 14

representatives

Question 15

to contravene a law

Answer 15

to break a law

Question 16

to infringe a law

Answer 16

to break a law

Question 17

to impeach a president/governor

Answer 17

making a formal statement saying that a person in public office has commited a serious offence

Question 18

to lodge an appeal

Answer 18

to make an official request that a previous judgement should be changed

Question 19

to pervert the course of justice

Answer 19

to make it difficult for justice to be done

Question 20

to quash a conviction

Answer 20

to change a previous official decision that someone was guilty

Question 21

to set a precedent

Answer 21

to establish a decision which must usually, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions

Question 22

to allege

Answer 22

to say that someone has done something illeagal without giving proof

Question 23

to amend a law

Answer 23

to make changes to a law

Question 24

embezzlement

Answer 24

stealing money that belongs to an organisation that you work for

Question 25

perjury

Answer 25

lying when under oath

Question 26

take the law into your own hands

Answer 26

doing something illegal to punish someone because you feel the legal system will not punish that person

Question 27

laying down the law

Answer 27

saying with great force what you think should happen

Question 28

being a law unto yourself

Answer 28

you behave in a way which is independent and not the way in which most other people behave

Question 29

diplomacy

Answer 29

activities concerning the relationship between governments

Question 30

sanctions

Answer 30

official orders taken against a country to make it obey international law

Question 31

hostilities

Answer 31

acts of war

Question 32

to besiege

Answer 32

attacked by surrounding it for a period of time

Question 33

campaign

Answer 33

planned group of military activities

Question 34

allocating

Answer 34

giving to be used for a particular purpose

Question 35

alleviating debt

Answer 35

reducing debt

Question 36

embargoes

Answer 36

total prohibitions on importing/exporting certain goods

Question 37

ailing

Answer 37

in a bad state

Question 38

devaluation/revaluation

Answer 38

reduction/increase in value against other currencies

Question 39

going into recession

Answer 39

a significant decline in economic activity