Principles of Law- Unit 1 Terms

An article added to the US Constitution.

• Bill

• Amendment

• Bill of attainder

• U.S Bill of Rights

The member of Congress who introduces the bill to Congress.

• Ward

• Professional Era

• Community Era

• Sponsor

. A national legislative body that is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• Congress

• Constable

• Lex talionis

• Sponsor

A draft of a proposed law presented to Congress.

• Bill

• Double jeopardy

• Bow Street Runners

Fairness means that a citizen must be given advance notice of what the government plans to do

• Habeas Corpus

• Bill of attainder

• Due process

• English Common Law

A clause in the 5th amendment prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for the same crime.

• Magistrate

• Posse comitatus

• Political Era

• Double jeopardy

An emergency that is an exception to the requirement of a warrant for searches and seizures.

• Constable

• Shire-reeve

• Napoleonic Code

• Exigent circumstances

A law that protects citizens from prosecution for acts that were not criminal at the time they were committed.

• The Magna Carta

• English Common Law

• Ex post facto law

• Bill

A law that allows the government to punish a party without first going through the trial process.

• Bill of attainder

• Texas Rangers

• Justice of the Peace

• Lex talionis

A court order directed to bring a person before a court to show why they're being held.

• Magistrate

• English Common Law

• Posse comitatus

• Habeas Corpus