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a document submitted by a planning commission that states community goals and how to achieve them |
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a commission set up by a local government to decide where houses, stores, factories and offices may be built |
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a note from the government or a corporation promising to repay money with interest by a certain date |
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| rebuilding old neighborhoods in cities |
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| a site for burying waste usually run by the city or county |
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| the powers the constitution gives to the states |
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a section of the constitution stating that national law has higher authority than state law |
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returning a suspected criminal to the state or country where the crime was committed |
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the system in which the power to govern is shared between the national government and the states |
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| an early release from prison |
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| having a one house legislature |
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the distribution of legislative seats according to population |
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the option to approve certain parts of a bill and to veto others |
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| a judge in a local court who hears minor cases |
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| a serious crime such as robbery or murder |
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an agreement to plead guilty to a crime in exchange for a reduced sentence |
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| a law, usually of a city or county |
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| a division of a county that has its own government |
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a unit of government to deal with a single issue or to provide a single service |
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the power granted by state legislatures to cities to manage their own affairs |
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| the chief executive of the city government |
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| a voting district in a city |
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a representative of a city council who is elected by the entire city |
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