Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz

the legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.

• The Constitution

• Warrant

• Due Process

• Probable Cause

a reasonable basis to believe a person is linked to a crime.

• Emancipation

• Probable Cause

• Warrant

• Due Process

power specifically given to Congress in the Constitution

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Process

• Reserved Powers

• Enumerated Powers

powers only belonging to the states.

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Reserved Powers

power shared by the state and federal government

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Reserved Powers

a principle by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch has too much power.

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Reserved pOWERS

authority to be the first court to hear a case

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

authority to hear cases that have been appealed from lower courts.

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

False SPOKEN statement damaging one's reputation

• Slander

• Libel

law established by the previous court decisions

• Natures Law

• Law

• Common Law

• Natural Law