Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- 5 Across
- The act of rewriting something
- 8 Across
- The idea of a ___ organization of more or less self-governing units
- 10 Across
- A middle way between two extremes
- 11 Across
- Elected leader of a country
- 12 Across
- Human beings
- 14 Across
- A person appointed or elected to represent others
- 15 Across
- A rule made by the government (plural)
- 1 Down
- The head of a city government
- 2 Down
- A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
- 3 Down
- Something regarded as a normative example (plural)
- 4 Down
- A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- 6 Down
- People who make and enforce a country's laws
- 7 Down
- The power or right to give orders or make decisions
- 9 Down
- Government in which people vote for their leaders
- 13 Down
- Strength or the ability to control things (plural)
- 14 Down