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Vocab Words (Citizen - a legally recognized subject or national of a state…
Vocab Words
Citizen - a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized
14th Amendment -the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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Court Summons - a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.
Naturalization Citizen -egal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country
Citizenship Test - One of the key criteria set forth by the IRS that a person must satisfy in order to be claimed as someone else's dependent
Civic Participation - Civic engagement or civic participation, according to the American Psychological Association, is "individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern".
Civic Meeting -A civic association is a type of organization whose official goal is to improve neighborhoods through volunteer work by its members.
Public Good - commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.
Naturalization Process - Naturalization is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.
Alien -a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living
Law of Blood -a principle of nationality law by which citizenship is not determined by place of birth but by having one or both parents who are citizens of the state.
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Ex Post Facto Law - makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier.
Equal Protection Under the Law - the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens.
Pleading the Fifth -a colloquial term for invoking the right that allows witnesses to decline to answer questions where the answers might incriminate them, and generally without having to suffer a penalty for asserting the right.
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Taxes - a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
Public Good - a commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.
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Trial by Jury - lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact, which then direct the actions of a judge
Petitioning Government - he right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals.
Habeas Corpus - a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
Bill of Attainder - an item of legislation (prohibited by the US Constitution) that inflicts attainder without judicial process.
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Right to bear arms - the people's right to possess weapons (arms) for their own defense, as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others.
Right to legal Counsel - a defendant has a right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers), and if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, requires that the government appoint one or pay the defendant's legal expenses.
Unenumerated rights (Ninth Amendment) - the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution
Law of Soil - the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the territory within which he or she was born