Unit 10 Chapters 27 & 28 Vocabulary Words (Graded)

General term for any department, board, commission, or other unit of government.

• Agency

• Probation

• Revenue

• District attorney.

Any of the elected executive officials in state government whose office is specifically provided for by the Georgia Constitution.

• District attorney

• Constitutional officer

• Agency

• Defendant

Money spent by a government for a certain purpose.

• Revenue

• Fiscal year

• Expenditure

• Probation.

The 12-month period for financial record keeping. For Georgia state government, the fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

• Fiscal year

• Trial jury.

• Expenditure

• Probation

Money that government receives from taxes, fees, and other sources.

• Status offense

• Voir dire

• Revenue

• Expenditure

A sentence by a judge allowing a convicted offender to avoid imprisonment if the offender follows certain rules and regularly reports to a supervisor during the probation period.

• Fiscal year

• Probation

• Juvenile.

• Peer mediation

The power of the court to review the constitutionality of actions by the legislative and executive branches.

• Prosecution

• Judicial review

• Jury

• Agency

A group of citizens chosen to decide the outcome of a trial.

• Constitutional officer

• Jury

• Juvenile

• Plaintiff

Any person under the age of 17.

• Trial jury

• Misdemeanor

• Juvenile

• Plaintiff

A crime less serious than a felony, carrying a punishment of less than one year in jail, a fine of $1,000 or less, or both.

• Prosecution

• Judicial review

• Misdemeanor

• Status offense