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Vocabulary 12 13 14
Question | Answer |
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federal system | the sharing of power in which powers divide btwn the federal, or national, government and the states |
reserved powers | powers that the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states |
concurrent powers | powers shared by state and federal governments |
grants in aid | money awarded to the states by the federal government |
unicarmeral | one house legislature |
appportion | divided among districts |
line item veto | to veto only a specific part of a bill |
commute | to reduce a criminals sentence |
parole | to grant a prisoner an early release for prisoners, with certain restrictions |
justice of the peace | the judge of a small court |
misdemeanor | a relative minor offence such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items |
magistrate court | police courts generally located in large towns may handle traffic violatin or small amounts of money |
plaintiff | a person or part filling a lawsuit |
defendent | an individial or a group being suide |
felony | a serious crime such as murder rape |
incorporate | to receive a state charter officially reconizing the goverment of a locality |
city charter | a document granted power to a local goverment |
home rule | allow cities to write their own charter choose their own type of government and manage their own affair |
ordinance | a law usaully of a city or country |
strong mayor system | a type of government usally in large cities under which the mayor has strong executive power |
weak mayor system | a type of governt under which the mayor unlimited executive powers |
at large election | a election for an area as a whole; for exsample, state wide |
special district | a unit of government that deals with a specific function such as educate |