By Roxanne Maldonado 

Govt. is empowered by law from a starting point of having no power

made up of two houses of congress

Organ exercising authority & holding responsibility of for governance of a state

system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state

a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.

Expressed powers are those specifically named in the Constitution

neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government

powers of federal system government shared by both the federal government, each constituent political unit

recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention

action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly

a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation

a written law passed by a legislative body.

power of an appellate court to review, amend and overrule decisions of a trial court or other lower tribunal

one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts.

two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case

 a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction

sign or give consent to

Ca minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation

all future generations of people. 

attempts to provide poor people with a minimal level of well-being

 system based upon democratic rules, institutions power to govern shared between national, provincial state governments

 doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary

 imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle

a system in which the different parts of an organization