Across
- 9. the national legislative body of a nation, especially of a republic.
- 11. the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
- 12. the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions.
- 16. the document embodying these principles.
- 17. an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- 21. an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
- 22. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
- 23. the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
- 24. a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
Down
- 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. a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
- 3. of representatives the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan.
- 4. of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed
- 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. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- 7. the highest court of the U.S
- 8. a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- 10. the governing body of a nation, state, or community
- 13. the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen.
- 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.
- 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.
- 18. a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c
- 19. a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.:
- 20. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.