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