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Vocab 30-31,34-36 &rest
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History
8th Grade
12/09/2010

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Duties/Tariffs/Import taxes
Definition
taxes on goods coming into the U.S
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Excise taxes
Definition
taxes on sales, use or production and sometimes on business procedures or privileges
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Sales taxes
Definition
taxes placed on the sale of a good or services and is charged a percentage of the sales price
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Veto
Definition
to cancel
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Executive Orders
Definition
These commands have the power of law
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Writ of Habeas Corpus
Definition
a court order that requires the government to bring a prisoner to court and explain why he or she is being held
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Bill of Attainder
Definition
a law declaring that a person is guilty of a particular crime
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Ex Post Facto Law
Definition
A law that is made effective prior to the date that it was passed and therefore punishes people for acts that were not illegal at the time
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Eminent Domain
Definition
the government's power to take personal property to benefit the public
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Pardons
Definition
Freedom from punishment
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