American Civics - Chapter 8 Vocab
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- territory
- an area governed by the U.S. that is eligible to become a state
- full faith and credit clause
- ensures that each state will accept the decisions of the courts in the other states
- extradition
- a legal process for returning criminals to the state from which they fled
- unicameral
- a lawmaking body that consists of only one house
- item veto
- the power of the head of the executive branch to reject one part of a bill but approve the rest
- initiative
- a process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition
- proposition
- a proposed law resulting from a petition
- referendum
- a method of referring a bill to the voters for approval before it becomes a law
- recall
- a process by which voters may remove an elected officila from office
- governor
- the chief executive of a state government
- executive order
- an order issued by the head of the executive branch to set up methods of reinforcing laws
- lieutenant governor
- the official who succeeds the governor if the governor dies or is unable to fulfill the position
- warrant
- an order to pay out government funds
- patronage
- a system in which government jobs are given to people recommended by political party leaders
- penal code
- a set of criminal laws
- criminal case
- a court case in which a person is accused of breaking a criminal law
- civil case
- a court case in which a person is accused of breaking a criminal law
- complaint
- a lawsuit
- plaintiff
- the person or company filing the complaint
- justice of the peace
- a judge who presides over a state justice court who tries misdemeanors and civil cases involving small sums
- municipal court
- a court in a large city that handles minor civil and criminal cases
- small claims court
- a state court that hears civil cases involving small amounts of money
- general trial court
- a court that handles criminal and civil cases