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| to separate an official state church from its connection to the government | ||
| setting free from servitude or slavery | ||
| an article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners | ||
| an advocate of the end of slavery | ||
| the confirmation or validation of an act (such as a constitution) by authoritative approval | ||
| a list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society | ||
| those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value | ||
| in american government, an organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of a state | ||
| in america, a surveyed territory six mile squares; the term also referes to a unit of local government, smaller than a county, that is often based on these survey units | ||
| to make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one | ||
| a demand for something issued on the basis of public authority | ||
| deprive someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up | ||
| the minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business | ||
| the theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used genereally for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder | ||
| referring to a legislative body with two houses | ||
| referring to a legislative body with one house |
