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  • Constitutional Court

    Constitutional Court in the law of the United States Constitutional Court: Related U.S. Resources Constitutional Court in the American Law Encyclopedia Judicial Organization Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus Judicial Organization Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary See Also […]

  • Political Institution

    Hierarchical Display of Political institution Politics > Political frameworkInternational Relations > International security > Peace > State-building Meaning of Political institution Overview and more information about Political institution For a more comprehensive understanding of […]

  • Politics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Politics Meaning of Politics The science of government ; the art or practice of administering public affairs. Politics Alternative Definition The science […]

  • Legitimacy

    The state Of being born in wedlock; that is, in a lawful manner. …

  • Elective Office

    Hierarchical Display of Elective office Politics > Parliament > Member of ParliamentPolitics > Electoral procedure and voting > ElectionPolitics > Politics and public safety > Politics > Political crisis > Dissolution of parliament Meaning of Elective office Overview and more […]

  • Truth

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Truth Meaning of Truth Veracity, sincerity in character, action and speech, genuiness in expression. Synonyms of Truth noun accuracy […]

  • Truth

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Truth Meaning of Truth Veracity, sincerity in character, action and speech, genuiness in expression. Synonyms of Truth noun accuracy […]

  • Single Constituency System

    Single Constituency System in Voting Law Definition of Single Constituency System in the context of the United States election law: Voting system in which the entire territory of a country is considered a single district/ constituency, instead of being divided into several. A presidential […]

  • Veto

    The right of forbidding or denying without assigning any reasons therefor.

  • Vote

    An expression of the choice of an elector. Suffrage.

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Republic

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Republic Meaning of Republic A commonwealth ; a form of government that has no monarch, where the administration of the government is carried on by elected representatives. <div […]

  • Public Policy

    The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]