Constitution Vocab
__1. adjournA. principles and laws of a nation
__2. billB. preamble
__3. constitutionC. bringing charges against an official
__4. emolumentsD. census or population count
__5. enumerationE. presiding officer of Senate when the V.P. is absent
__6. impeachmentF. charging a person with an offense
__7. indictmentG. minimum required members present to conduct sessions
__8. introductionH. salaries
__9. president pro temporeI. draft of a proposed law
__10. quorumJ. to suspend a session
__11. appropriationsA. draft of a proposed law
__12. billB. income raised by government
__13. dutyC. talking by force property or territory
__14. emolumentD. a court
__15. insurrectionE. rebellion
__16. reprisalF. legislature's formal expression of opinion
__17. resolutionG. payment
__18. revenueH. tax
__19. tribunalI. funds set aside for a specific use
__20. amendmentA. tax
__21. common lawB. violation of the allegience owed to one's country
__22. extraditionC. surrender of a criminal to another authority
__23. impostD. a change to the Constitution
__24. quarterE. process by which an amendment is approved
__25. ratificationF. to provide living accommodations
__26. treasonG. law established by previous court decisions
__27. warrantH. document that gives a police particular rights or powers
__28. abridgeA. more than half
__29. appellate jurisdictionB. to pass on
__30. apportiontmentC. to reduce
__31. devolveD. freedom from slavery
__32. emancipatonE. process by which a foreign national becomes a citizen
__33. insurrectionF. distribution of seats in House based on population
__34. majorityG. rebellion against the government
__35. naturalizationH. authority to be the first court to hear a case
__36. original jurisdictionI. authority to hear cases appealed in a lower court
__37. vacancyJ. an office or positon that is unfilled or unoccupied
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