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10th Grade
11/05/2010

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Term
law
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a rule made and enforced by a government
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legal
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premitted by a country's laws and constitution
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legal counsel
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a lawyer
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legislation
Definition
a proposed or enacted law
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legislator
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a member of the law-making body; a member of a legislature
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legislative branch
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the part of a government that makes laws
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levy
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to order money to be paid or to be collected; as in "to levy taxes"
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libel
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a written statement intended to damage someone's reputation
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lieutenant governor
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the assistant head of the executive branch of the state government
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lobby
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(noun) a special interest group that attempts to affect the actions of government; (verb) to try to affect the actions of government officials on behalf of a group or a cause
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