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