Government Words

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Across
  1. 9. the national legislative body of a nation, especially of a republic.
  2. 11. the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
  3. 12. the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions.
  4. 16. the document embodying these principles.
  5. 17. an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
  6. 21. an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
  7. 22. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
  8. 23. the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
  9. 24. a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
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  1. 1. the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  2. 2. a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
  3. 3. of representatives the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan.
  4. 4. of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed
  5. 5. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  6. 6. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
  7. 7. the highest court of the U.S
  8. 8. a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
  9. 10. the governing body of a nation, state, or community
  10. 13. the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen.
  11. 14. a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
  12. 15. the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  13. 18. a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c
  14. 19. a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.:
  15. 20. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.