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        | a rule made and enforced by a government |  | 
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        | premitted by a country's laws and constitution |  | 
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        | a proposed or enacted law |  | 
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        | a member of the law-making body; a member of a legislature |  | 
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        | the part of a government that makes laws |  | 
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        | to order money to be paid or to be collected; as in "to levy taxes" |  | 
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        | a written statement intended to damage someone's reputation |  | 
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        | the assistant head of the executive branch of the state government |  | 
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        | (noun) a special interest group that attempts to affect the actions of government; (verb) to try to affect the actions of government officials on behalf of a group or a cause |  | 
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