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Honors gov chapter one

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Subject

History

Level

9th Grade

Created

08/18/2010

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Term

Government

Definition

the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public polices

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Public Policy

Definition

All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

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Legislative Power

Definition

The power to make a law and to frame public policies

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Executive Power

Definition

The power to execute, inforce, and administer law

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Judicial Power

Definition

the power to interprete laws, to determine there meaning and to settle disputes within the society