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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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amending act
Politics; Political Science

An Act of Parliament whose sole purpose is to modify another Act or Acts. Restrictions exist on the type of amendments that may be proposed to bills which seek to amend other ...

amendment
Politics; Political Science

A change in a document made by adding, substituting or omitting a Certain part. The U.S. constitution has 26 amendments, adopted after the original ratification of the ...

amendment in the nature of a substitute
Politics; Political Science

Usually an amendment that seeks to replace the entire text of a bill. Passage of this type of amendment strikes out everything after the enacting clause and inserts a new version ...

amendment tree
Politics; Political Science

Diagram showing the number and types of amendments to a measure permitted by the chamber. It also shows the relationship among the amendments, their degree or type, and the order ...

amendments between the houses
Politics; Political Science

Method for reconciling differences between the two chambers' versions of a measure by passing the measure back and forth between them until both have agreed to identical language.

amendments in disagreement
Politics; Political Science

Provisions in dispute between the two chambers.

amnesty
Politics; Political Science

An act by which the state pardons political or other offenders, usually as a group. In 1977, for example, President Carter granted an amnesty to all Vietnam draft evaders. ...

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