Tuesday, April 5, 2016

US constitution Vocab

           U.S. Constitution Vocabulary  

* Legislative- having the power to make laws

* Enumeration-  a complete, ordered listing of all the items in a collection

* Subsequent- coming after something in time; following

* Vacancies- an unoccupied position or job

* Legislature- the legislative body of a country or state

* Impeachment- a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity

* Concurrence- the simultaneous occurrence of events or circumstances

* Indictment- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

* Regulation- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

* Amendment- a minor change in a document

* Quorum- the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid

* Secrecy- the action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret

* Compensation- something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering.

* Adjournment- an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned

* Counterfeiting- imitate fraudulently

* Tribunals- a court of justice

*Arsenal- a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group

* Dock-Yards- an area or establishment with docks and equipment for repairing and maintaining ships  

* Attainder-the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony

*Expenditures- the action of spending funds

*Emolument- a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office

*Confederation-an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league

* Misdemeanors- a minor wrongdoing

*Controversies- disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated


* Corruption-
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery


* Jurisdiction- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments

* Hereunto- to this document.








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