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| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| things government does; taxation, defense, education, crime, health |
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| the ability to command or prevent action |
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| the power to make a law and to frame public policies |
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| the power to execute,enforce, and administer law |
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| the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society |
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| the body of fundamental laws setting out the principals, structures, and processes of a government |
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| people make all decisions |
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| the process-by which a decides how power and recourses will be distributed |
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| a body of people, living in a spacific area, organized politically, and with the power to make and in force law without higher authority |
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| has supreme and absolute power within its own territory |
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