| A | B |
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| principle | A rule or code of conduct. |
| popular sovereignty | The idea that people are the key source of the government's authority. |
| clause | separate section of a discourse or writing |
| interpretation | To explain or tell the meaning of in the present using understandable terms |
| regulations | An authoritative rule dealing with details or procedure |
| habeas corpus | A court order requiring the government officials to bring a prisoner to court and explain why he or she is being held. |
| appeal | To ask that a court decision be reviewed by a higher court. |
| ex post facto | A law which punishes an act which was not illegal when it was committed |
| cabinet | A group of advisers of a president or head of state. |
| provisions | A measure taken beforehand to deal with a need. |
| citizenship | The status of being a citizen of a particular area or the quality of an individual's response to membership in a community. |
| naturalize | To admit to citizenship |
| term | A limited or definite extent of time in which something lasts. |
| counsel | A lawyer appointed to advise and represent in legal matters an individual client or a corporate and especially a public body |
| equal protection clause | The portion of the 14th Amendment that prohibits discrimination by state government institutions and that they must apply the law equally to all classes and races. |
| due process of law | The principle found in the 5th amendment stating that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights. |
| perjury | The violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath. |
| libel | A statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public criticism. |
| slander | To harm one's reputation be speaking about them. |
| indictment | A formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a grand jury charging a person with an offense. |
| bill of attainder | A legislative act pronouncing a person guilty of a crime, usually treason, without trial and subjecting that person to capital punishment |
