The Constitution
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- 2. a prescribed guide for conduct or action
- 3. rule a sports rule adopted to modify play on a particular field, court, or course
- 6. veto an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
- 11. A legislature is a governing body that makes laws and can also amend or repeal them.
- 12. the legislature of the United States government
- 14. formally approved and invested with legal authority
- 15. law of, relating to, or based on the common law
- 16. something established: such as
- 18. the act of enacting : the state of being enacted
- 19. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
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- 1. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
- 4. control gained by enforcing obedience or order
- 5. the act of regulating : the state of being regulated
- 7. of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- 8. making something valid by formally confirming it
- 9. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
- 10. a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- 13. laws, considered collectively.
- 17. the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government