Across
- 7. the appropriation or taken on of obligations not originally one’s own
- 8. arbitrary or tyrannical rule
- 10. a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some act
- 11. forced enrollment into the armed forces
- 12. the withdrawal, by legal or illegal means, of one portion of a political entity from the government that it was legally bound
- 15. a place where a government representative is stationed in a foreign country
- 16. the official legal authorization appointing a person to an office or military position
- 19. to yield or grant something
Down
- 1. in law and government, a decision or action that establishes a sanctioned rule for similar cases in the future
- 2. characterized by principled opposition to all war; belief in nonviolent solutions to conflict
- 3. to charge a public official with improper conduct in office
- 4. a political official during the time they remain in office as their term ends; powers are diminished
- 5. concerning public finances
- 6. the merging of diverse cultures or peoples into one
- 9. to force people or property into public service without choice
- 11. an official count of the population - taken every ten years
- 13. a government order prohibiting commerce in or out of a port
- 14. the simultaneous firing of all guns on one side of a ship
- 17. the shares of capital ownership gained from investing in a corporate enterprise
- 18. a tax on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of certain products