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Civics
Chapter 20 vocabulary
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10th Grade
12/04/2007

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substantive due process
Definition
The government must creat fair policies and laws
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due process
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The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does
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procedural due process
Definition
The government must employ fair procedures and methods
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police power
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The authority of each State to act to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare
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search warrant
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A court order authorizing a search
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involuntary servitude
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Forced labor
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discrimination
Definition
Bias, unfairness
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writs of assistance
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Blanket search warrant with which British custom officials had invaded private homes to search for smiggled goods
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probable cause
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reasonable grounds, a reasonable suspision of crime
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exclusionary rule
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Evidence gained as a result of an illegal act from police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized
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writ of habeas corpus
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A court order which prevents unjust arrest and imprisonments
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bill of attainder
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A legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial
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ex post facto law
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a law applied to an act commited before its passage
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grand jury
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The formal device by which a person can be accused by a serious crime
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indictment
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A formal complaint before a grand jury which charges accused with one or more crimes
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double jeopardy
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Part of the fifth amendment can be put in jeopardy of life or limb twice. Once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she can't be tried again for the same crime
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bench trial
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A trial in which the judge alone hears a case
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Miranda Rule
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The constitutional rights which police must read to a suspect before questioning can occur
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bail
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A some of money that the accused may be required to post (deposit with the court as a guarantee that he or she will appear in court at the proper time)
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preventive detention
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A law which allows federal jusges to order that an accused felon be held, without bail, when there is a good reason to belive that he or she will commit yet another serious crime before trial
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capitol punishment
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The death penalty
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treason
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Betrayal of one's counrty; in the constitution, by levying war against the US or offering comfort or aid to its enemies
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