Political Systems
Politics--procedures related to obtaining leadership influence in a land and governing it
Government--body which overlooks and rules a group of people or a nation
Aristocracy--governmental system presided over by the higher class
Democracy--governmental system where the majority selects officials
Oligarchy--governmental system managed by a select group of individuals
Monarchy--governmental system presided over by a monarch (royalty, like a king or queen)
Theocracy--governmental system where God is viewed as ruling a nation, which is also governed by people operating on God's behalf
Republic--governmental system where the majority votes on officials who occupy their offices for a limited time
Timocracy--governmental system where only those who possess property can participate in leadership
Plutocracy--governmental system ruled by the wealthy
Dictatorship--governmental system presided over by a lone dictator who wields total or near-total power
Autocracy--governmental system led by a single person (an autocrat)
Corporatism--governmental system managed by powerful companies
Criminal Law
Crime--act punished by a governmental authority
Fine--amount of money taken from an offender and given to the state
Damages--amount of money given to a victim of crime as compensation
Servitude--period of time during which an offender serves someone as punishment for a crime
Corporal punishment--physical punishment of an offender's body, such as flogging
Capital punishment--execution of a criminal for a capital crime
Robbery--use of violence or force to steal from someone
Murder--extinguishing of a human life in unlawful circumstances (other than proportional self-defense, just capital punishment, just warfare, or manslaughter)
Manslaughter--unintentional taking of a human life
Rape--non-consensual sex with a person
Bestiality--sex with an animal
Incest--sex with a parent, sibling, or other close family member (other than one's spouse)
Negligence--harming or killing someone through non-active means due to lack of awareness or concern
Assault--physical attack on someone
Battery--infliction of physical injuries on someone during an assault
Kidnapping--non-consensually taking of a human being
Human trafficking--involuntary selling of people for profit or exploitation
Perjury--intentionally bringing a false charge against someone to indict them
Defamation--promotion of false information about someone which damages their reputation
Slander--verbal defamation of someone
Libel--written defamation of someone
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