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Creado por Carson Davis
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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| Adversarial Legal System | A legal system used in the common law countries where two advocates represent their parties |
| Assembly | A group of people who have came together for the same reason |
| Checks and Balances | Separate branches of government that counterbalance each other |
| Civil and Criminal Law | Criminal laws are crimes against the government and civil laws are crimes between two people or two groups |
| Civil law | Laws that concern private relationships between two people in a community |
| Draconian Laws | Laws created by Draco, ¨the lawgiver of Athens¨ |
| Establishment Clause | A clause in the First Amendment that prohibits the establishment of religion by congress |
| Executive | The power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect |
| Expression | Letting your thoughts or feelings be known |
| Gerrymandering | Changing the boundaries of a region to favor a party |
| Judicial Review | US Supreme Courts ability to review an administrative action by a public body |
| Jury Duty | Must be 18 years old and a US citizen to serve |
| Legislative | Having the power to make laws |
| Line-Veto | The Executive power to cancel or partly cancel a bill |
| North Carolina General Assembly | North Carolina Legislative body |
| Parole | Early release of a prioner before their sentence is over |
| Patriot Act | Law that violated the 4th amendment right of seach and seizure |
| Prosecutor | A person who tries to convict someone of a crime |
| Referendum | a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision |
| Retribution | Punishing someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. |
| Senate | One house of the legislative body. 2 rep. per state |
| Separation of Church and State | Government can not establish a religion |
| Sherrif's Department | An elected official in charge of enforcing the law |
| The Leandro Case | Children in North Carlina have the right to receive a basic education |
| Zoning | control through appropriately dividing areas of land |
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