Unit 7 Vocabulary

3. The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
5. Review the procedures and the decisions in the trial court to make sure that the proceedings were fair and that the proper law was applied correctly.
8. The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use
10. A tax that must be paid in order to vote
11. Active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government
15. A change or addition to the terms of a contract, law, government regulatory filing, or other documents

1. A court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues
2. Another word for Lawyer and Attorney
4. Application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected
6. What does the 8th Amendment protect the people against
7. The right to vote
9. The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
12. The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
13. When one cannot be punished for the same crime
14. First 10 Amendments