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11/17/2017

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1st amendment 

Establishment

 

Definition

 

the action of establishing something or being established.

Term

1st amendment 

Free Exercise 

Definition

Reserves the right of American citizens to accept any religious belief and engage in religious rituals.

 

Term

1st amendment 

Free Speech

Definition

 

freedom of speech

Term

1st amendment

Forums

Definition

A place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

 

Term

1st amendment

Libel

Definition

 

a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

Term

1st amendment

Captive 

Definition

A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.

 

Term

1st amendment

Slander 

Definition

 

He action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Term

1st amendment

Peaceful- Assembly

Definition

 

The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human right, a political right and a civil liberty.

Term

1st amendment 

Defamation

Definition

 

The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.

Term

1st amendment 

prior

Definition

 

Existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.

Term

4th amendment

Interests 

Definition

 

The state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.

Term

4th amendment 

SEARCH

Definition

 

Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.

Term

4th amendment 

WARRANT 

Definition

 

A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Term

4th amendment 

REASONABLE 

Definition

 

(of a person) having sound judgment; fair and sensible.

Term

4th amendment

EXCLUSION

Definition

 

The process or state of excluding or being excluded.

Term
Electronic 
Definition
Having or operating with the aid of many small components, especially microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current.
Term
Patriot Act
Definition
Act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.
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Due Process
Definition
Fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
Term
Miranda 
Definition
Denoting or relating to the duty of the police to inform a person taken into custody of their right to legal counsel and the right to remain silent under questioning.
Term
Indictment
Definition
A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
Term
Privilege
Definition
A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
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Self-Incrimination
Definition
The act of implicating oneself in a crime or exposing oneself to criminal prosecution.
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Grand Jury
Definition
A jury, normally of twenty-three jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.
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Double Jeopardy 
Definition
Risk or disadvantage incurred from two sources simultaneously.
Term
Eminent Domain
Definition
He right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
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Just Compensation 
Definition
Provided to an owner whose private real property is seized by the government's power of eminent domain, which allows it to take such property for public use.
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Just Compensation 
Definition
Provided to an owner whose private real property is seized by the government's power of eminent domain, which allows it to take such property for public use.
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