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| copyright | the executive legal right of a person to reproduce, publish, and sell his own literary, musical, or artistic creations |
| patent | a license issued to an inventor granting the exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell his own invention for a limited period of time |
| eminent domain | the power of a government to take private property for public use |
| appropriate | to assign to a particular use |
| necessary and proper clause | Cconstitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers |
| successor | a person who inherits a title or office |
| impeach | to bring formal charges against a public official; the House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach civil officers of the United States |
| acquit | find not quilty of a charge |
| perjury | the act of lying under oath |
| subpoena | an order for a person to appear and to produce documents or other requested materials |
| expressed powers | powers directly stated in the Constitution in the first article |
| implied powers | powers that are not stated in the Constitution |
| strict contructionist | argues for a narrow interpretation of the Constitution; reads and interprets the Constitution with no flexibility |
| libral constructionist | argues with more broad interpretation of the Constitution with more flexibility |
| consensus | a general agreement among members of a given group/community each of which exercises some discretion in decision making |
| tax | charge set by government on persons or property to meet government needs |
| direct tax | must be paid by the person who it is set on |
| indirect tax | set on one party, but paid by another party |
| deficit spending | the gap of what we make and what we spend |
| public debt | all money borrowed by government and not yet repaid, plus interest |
| bankruptcy | the legal proceeding by which a bankrupt person's assets are distributed among to whom he or she owes debts |
| commerce power | exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade |
| naturalization | the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another country |
| inherent powers | powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community |
