Across
- 4. When a group of people agrees to give up certain rights and accept a central authority to protect their other rights.
- 7. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
- 8. The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
- 12. The federal principle or system of government.
- 13. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 14. a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
- 15. The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
Down
- 1. Rights that can't be taken away
- 2. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
- 3. something a person has that people think should not be taken away
- 5. Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
- 6. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
- 9. The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
- 10. A punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
- 11. change or addition to a law