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Across
  1. 2. Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
  2. 3. A part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
  3. 4. The elected executive head of a state of the US.
  4. 6. A written law passed by a legislative body.
  5. 9. Is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress, makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
  6. 10. The principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based; the principle that injury to the public good is a basis for denying the legality of a contract or other transaction.
  7. 11. An official mark or signature on a letter or parcel to indicate that postage has been paid or does not need to be paid.
  8. 13. The highest judicial court in a state or country.
  9. 14. In charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution.
  10. 15. 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. 17. An official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature.
  12. 19. A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
Down
  1. 1. A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
  2. 2. The legislative branch of the state government.
  3. 5. The power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.
  4. 7. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
  5. 8. The head of the minority party in a legislative body.
  6. 12. A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office
  7. 16. A government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
  8. 18. A draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.