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checks and balances
checks and balances : the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of government by which each restrains the others from exerting
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cong 1 congress 2 congressional
district
or city established for the performance of a special governmental function [the water ] [park ] b : congressional district c : one of the divisions of the United States or of the individual states served by
engross
engross [Anglo-French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare, from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)] : to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed...
executive order
on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act) [the National Security Agency was created by an executive order] compare proclamation, statute NOTE: An executive order
preemption
law when federal law is in conflict with a state law on a subject or when there is congressional intent to regulate a subject to the exclusion of the states. Federal preemption is based on the supremacy
subpoena
commanding a designated person upon whom it has been served to appear (as in court or before a congressional committee) under a penalty (as a charge of contempt) for failure to comply compare summons also subpena vt
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