change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this

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2. Aristocracy

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

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3. Checks and balances

from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power

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4.Constitutionalism

the belief that a government should be based on a constitution

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