Constitution Vocab
__1. adjournA. preamble
__2. billB. census or population count
__3. constitutionC. principles and laws of a nation
__4. emolumentsD. charging a person with an offense
__5. enumerationE. presiding officer of Senate when the V.P. is absent
__6. impeachmentF. to suspend a session
__7. indictmentG. bringing charges against an official
__8. introductionH. minimum required members present to conduct sessions
__9. president pro temporeI. salaries
__10. quorumJ. draft of a proposed law
__11. appropriationsA. legislature's formal expression of opinion
__12. billB. talking by force property or territory
__13. dutyC. draft of a proposed law
__14. emolumentD. rebellion
__15. insurrectionE. income raised by government
__16. reprisalF. a court
__17. resolutionG. tax
__18. revenueH. payment
__19. tribunalI. funds set aside for a specific use
__20. amendmentA. violation of the allegience owed to one's country
__21. common lawB. tax
__22. extraditionC. document that gives a police particular rights or powers
__23. impostD. surrender of a criminal to another authority
__24. quarterE. a change to the Constitution
__25. ratificationF. process by which an amendment is approved
__26. treasonG. to provide living accommodations
__27. warrantH. law established by previous court decisions
__28. abridgeA. to pass on
__29. appellate jurisdictionB. more than half
__30. apportiontmentC. rebellion against the government
__31. devolveD. to reduce
__32. emancipatonE. an office or positon that is unfilled or unoccupied
__33. insurrectionF. freedom from slavery
__34. majorityG. distribution of seats in House based on population
__35. naturalizationH. process by which a foreign national becomes a citizen
__36. original jurisdictionI. authority to be the first court to hear a case
__37. vacancyJ. authority to hear cases appealed in a lower court
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