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| -People who move from one country to make their home in another. |
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| - an official count of the population made every ten years to find out how many representatives each state should have. |
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| -Certain ideas that people trust are true. |
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| -Standards of behavior; guidelines for how people should treat each other. |
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| -The conditions of everyone having the same rights and opportunities. |
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| -The ability to say what you want, go where you want, and do what you want. |
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| - Fairness; the idea that every person deserves to be treated fairly. |
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| - A person with certain rights and duties under a government; a person who by birth or by choice owes allegiance, or loyalty, to a nation. |
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| - The process you go through to become a citizen. |
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| -a citizen of one country who lives in another. |
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| - people who are chosen to speak and act for their fellow citizens in government. |
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| - a group of ordinary citizens who hear the case and decide whether the accused person is innocent or guilty. |
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| - a person who has special information that may help determines whether the accused person is guilty or innocent. |
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| - the well-being of all members of society. |
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| - a person running for office. |
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| - the concept of a government of laws. |
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| – The traditions passed down from generation to generation |
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| – A group of people chosen to make laws |
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| – A document giving permission to create a government |
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| – A form of government where laws are made directly made by citizens |
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| – A form of government where citizens elect a representative to make laws |
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| – Rights that people are born with and that no government can take away, such as life. liberty, and property |
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| – Dividing government power among legislature, executive, and judicial branches |
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| – A written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group |
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| – Approval, ex. Approval of all 13 states for Articles of Confederation |
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| – Alliance of all independent states |
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| – Two-house, as in a legislature with two houses. |
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| – To reject, as in to reject a bill. |
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| – The power given to Congress rather then to the states |
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| – Changes to the Constitution |
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| – The division of power between the states and the federal, or national, government. |
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| – The powers shared by the federal and state governments. |
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| – Those power that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states. |
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| – The system that gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other two. |
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| – To accuse the President or high government officials of serious wrongdoing. |
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| – Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution; know also as the "necessary and proper" clause that allows Congress to extend its delegated powers. |
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| – The beginning of the U.S. Constitution, which describes its purpose. |
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| - Government by the consent of governed |
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| - An opponent of the Constitution who urged its rejection in 1787 |
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| -A rule of conduct enforced by government |
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| - A system in which the decision of more then half the people is accepted by all |
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| - A system in which government powers are carefully spelled out to prevent government becoming to power |
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| - A form of government in which the people of a nation either rule directly or through elected representatives |
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| - The branch of government that interprets the laws and punishes law breakers |
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| - The branch of government the carries out the laws |
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| - A supporter of the Constitution who urged its adoption in 1787 |
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| Separation of Church and State |
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| – The situation where government may not favor any religion or establish an official state religion |
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| – Powers of the government to take private property for public use |
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| – A process by which the government must treat accused persons fairly according to the rules established by law |
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| – Being placed on trial twice for the same crime |
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| – Spoken false statements that damage another person's reputation |
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| – Written falsehood that damage another person's reputation |
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| – A formal request HEY KEITH/AIDAN/PETE-LUCAS |
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| – To formally accuse a person of a crime |
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| – A group that hears the evidence in a criminal case and decides whether there is enough evidence to bring the accused person to trial |
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| – The first ten amendments to the constitution, which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all Americans. |
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| – A legal document granted by a judge that permits police to enter and search a place where there is a reason to believe evidence of a crime will be found |
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| – Testifying against oneself |
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| – Money or property an accused person as a guarantee that he or she will appear for trial |
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| - The people a member of Congress represents |
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| - Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goals |
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| - People who represent interests groups |
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| - The area that s member of the House represents |
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| - A plan for raising and spending money |
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| - The presiding officer of the House of Representatives |
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| - An officer who presides over the Senate when the Vice-President is absent |
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| - The political party with more members in the House or Senate |
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| - The political party with fewer members in the House or Senate |
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| - Officers who guide through Congress the bills that their party supports |
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| - Assistant floor leaders in each house of Congress |
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| - A way by which the President can veto a bill by pocketing, or keeping, the bill for ten days, during which Congress ends it session |
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| - The use of long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill in the Senate |
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| - Agreement to end the debate on a bill in the Senate |
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| – To distribute, as in the seats in the House of Representatives |
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| - The process of drawing, congressional district lines to favor a political party |
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| - The right of members of Congress to mail official mail free of charge |
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| - The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by other members |
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| - The removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct |
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| - The meeting of party leaders to determine party police or to choose the party's candidates for public office |
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| - A court order requiring that an accused person be brought to court to determine if there is enough evidence to hold the person for trial |
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| - A law that applies to an action that to place before the law was passed |
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| - The minimum number of members who must be present before a legislative body can conduct business |
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| – A bill approving the spending of public money |
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| - A committee made up of members of both houses of Congress to deal with matters of mutual concern |
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| - A temporary House or Senate committee appointed to deal with an issue not handled by a standing committee |
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| - A temporary congressional committee made up of senators and representatives who try to reach an agreement on different versions of a bill |
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| - A permanent House or Senate committee that considers bills in certain area |
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| – Rules or regulations the executive branch employees must follow |
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| – Plans for guiding our nation’s relationships with other countries |
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| – Formal agreements with other countries |
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| – Official representatives to foreign countries |
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| – Agreements with other countries that do not need senate approval |
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| – Plans for dealing with national problems |
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| – An organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
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| – A team of executive branch officials appointed by each President |
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| – An important group of policy advisors to the President, made up of the executive department heads and a few other officials |
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| – The President’s right to keep some information secret from Congress and the courts |
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| – The order in which the office of President is to be filled if it becomes vacant |
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| State of the Union Address |
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| – A yearly report by the President to Congress describing the nation’s condition and recommending programs and policies |
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| – The art of dealing with foreign governments |
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| – A postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence |
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| – An official act by the President or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving out his or her life sentence |
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| – Making a convicted person’s sentence less server |
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| – A department in the executive branch of the federal government |
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| – An official who heads an executive department in the federal government |
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| – The chief legal officer of the nation or of a state |
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| – The official resident of an ambassador in a foreign country |
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| – An official sent to a small country to represent the U.S. government |
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| – An official who works to promote U.S. trade in a foreign country |
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| – The making or distributing of fake money |
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| – The group made up of the highest ranking officers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force that advise the President on military affairs |
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| – An agency in the executive branch of the federal government formed by Congress to help enforce laws and regulations not covered by the executive department |
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| – An independent agency created by Congress that can make rules concerning certain activities and bring violators to court |
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| – An individual or a group of people who bring a complaint against another party in a civil case |
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| – The party who answers a complaint and defends it in a court case. |
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| – A government body that brings a charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws |
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| – A guideline for how all similar court cases should be decided in the future |
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| – A court’s authority to hear a case first |
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| – To ask a higher court to review a decision and determine if justice was done. |
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| – A court’s authority to hear an appeal of a decision that is binding on all parties. |
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| – A law passed by Congress and by lawmaking bodies of state or local government. |
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| – A customary law that develops from judges’ decisions and is followed in situations not covered by statutory law |
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| – A law made by government agencies. |
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| – A law based on the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions. |
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| – A trial jury of 6 to 12 persons |
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| – A jury that cannot reach a verdict. |
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| – The authority to interpret and administer the law; also range of that authority. |
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| – A lower federal court that has original jurisdiction in most cases involving federal laws |
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| – An official in each federal court who makes arrests, delivers subpoenas, keeps order in the courtrooms, and carries out court orders |
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| – A federal court that reviews decisions appealed from district courts. |
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| – The judicial district covered by a court of appeals |
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| – A calendar of cases to be heard by a court. |
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| – To return an appealed case to a lower court for a new trial |
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| – A trial of a person in the armed services accused of breaking military law. |
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| – The Supreme Court’s power to overturn any law that it decides is in conflict with the Constitution |
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| – An effort by judges to avoid overturning laws and to leave policy-making up to the other two branches of government |
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| – An effort by judges to take an active role in policy-making by overturning laws relatively often |
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| – To separate on in the basis of race |
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| – A statement written by a Supreme Court justice who agrees with the majority’s decision but for different reasons |
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| – A statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority’s decision |
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| – The reason for an arrest, based on the knowledge of a crime and the available evidence |
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| – A legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an arrest, seizure, or search |
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| – Money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he or she will return for trial |
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| – A formal charge against a person accused of a crime |
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| – A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty or not guilty |
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| – Agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence. |
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| – Letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his or her sentence outside of prison. |
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| – A juvenile who is found guilty of a crime |
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| – A youth who is judged to be beyond the control of his or her parents or guardians |
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| – A kind of sentence in which a person goes free but must be under the supervision of a court official called a probation officer |
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| – A crime for which the penalty is imprisonment for more than one year, a fine, or a combination of both Felonies include crimes such as kidnapping and murder |
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| – A crime for which the penalty is a jail sentence of no more than one year, a fine, or a combination of both. Littering or driving without a license are examples of misdemeanors |
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| – The forcible or illegal entry into a home or other property with the intent to steal. |
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| – The theft of property without the use of force or violence |
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| – The theft of goods worth more than a certain amount |
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| – The theft of goods worth less than a certain amount |
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| – A theft accompanied by a theft of force |
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| – The willful destruction of property |
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| – The destruction of property by setting fire to it |
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| – A crime in which there is no victim whose rights are invaded by another person |
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| – A person in a professional or who performs technical =, managerial, sales, or administrative support work |
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| – Taking for one’s own use money that has been entrusted to one’s care. |
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| – Taking someone else’s money or property through dishonesty |
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| – The legal responsibility for one’s own behavior, as in an arrested suspect being released without bail |
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| – To find a defendant not guilty |
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| – A punishment given to a person convicted of a crime |
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| – Methods used to punish lawbreakers. |
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| – Discouraging people from certain behavior by the threat of punishment. |
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| – Reforming criminals and returning them to society as law-abiding citizens |
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