freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment
What is civil liberty
100
strong reasons to think that a person or property was involved in a crime
What is probable cause
100
laws from after the civil war that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights, and limited there rights in many ways
What is black codes
100
a document granting the holder permission to do something
What is liscense
100
a formal request for government action
What is petition
200
What is of or relating to citizens
civil
200
a document issued by a body called a grand jury that formally charges someone with a crime
What is indictment
200
a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot
What is poll tax
200
written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation
What is libel
200
a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial
What is bail
300
What is the right to say our opinions, in public or in private, without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas
free speach
300
a court order allowing law-enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence
what is a search warrant
300
the right to vote
What is suffrage
300
to keep or hold secure
What is retain
300
the right of government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain
400
the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas
What is censorship
400
double jeopardy
What is putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found not guilty
400
to carry out
What is conduct
400
following established legal procedures
What is due process
500
spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation
What is slander
500
giving evidence that could lead to one being found guilty of a crime