Bill of Rights

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  1. 3. an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief
  2. 4. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members.
  3. 7. keep safe from harm or injury.
  4. 8. the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense
  5. 10. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
  6. 11. a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch
  7. 12. a national legislative body, especially that of the US
  8. 14. decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws
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  1. 1. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
  2. 2. consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies
  3. 5. made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress.
  4. 6. a body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
  5. 9. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  6. 10. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
  7. 13. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states