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