Constitution Vocab
__1. adjournA. principles and laws of a nation
__2. billB. preamble
__3. constitutionC. bringing charges against an official
__4. emolumentsD. presiding officer of Senate when the V.P. is absent
__5. enumerationE. census or population count
__6. impeachmentF. charging a person with an offense
__7. indictmentG. to suspend a session
__8. introductionH. minimum required members present to conduct sessions
__9. president pro temporeI. draft of a proposed law
__10. quorumJ. salaries
__11. appropriationsA. draft of a proposed law
__12. billB. legislature's formal expression of opinion
__13. dutyC. income raised by government
__14. emolumentD. talking by force property or territory
__15. insurrectionE. a court
__16. reprisalF. rebellion
__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. law established by previous court decisions
__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. freedom from slavery
__30. apportiontmentC. to pass on
__31. devolveD. to reduce
__32. emancipatonE. process by which a foreign national becomes a citizen
__33. insurrectionF. an office or positon that is unfilled or unoccupied
__34. majorityG. authority to be the first court to hear a case
__35. naturalizationH. rebellion against the government
__36. original jurisdictionI. distribution of seats in House based on population
__37. vacancyJ. authority to hear cases appealed in a lower court
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