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Across
  1. 4. a select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities.
  2. 5. the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter
  3. 6. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
  4. 7. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
  5. 10. patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
  6. 11. taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice
  7. 13. relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
  8. 14. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  9. 15. an economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from government intervention such as regulation, privileges, tariffs, and subsidies
  10. 17. Jurisdiction the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision
  11. 18. not constitutional
  12. 20. a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
  13. 21. explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
  14. 22. a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities
  15. 23. a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
  16. 24. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
  17. 25. an amount of money or property left to someone in a will
Down
  1. 1. income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature
  2. 2. something, typically money, that is owed or due
  3. 3. organised group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office
  4. 6. a formal set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individualcandidate in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues
  5. 8. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality
  6. 9. Debt the total amount of money that a country's government has borrowed, by various means
  7. 12. administrative decisions that are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders
  8. 16. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  9. 19. new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote
  10. 20. establish or originate (an institution or organization), especially by providing an endowment