The Constitution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (8)
  2. 7. Strength or the ability to control things (5)
  3. 11. The act of ___ a system or practice or institution (9)
  4. 12. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (plural) (6)
  5. 13. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  6. 14. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  7. 15. The condition in which an organism can resist disease (8)

Down

  1. 1. Elected leader of a country (9)
  2. 2. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  3. 3. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence (7)
  4. 4. A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (11)
  5. 6. A crime that undermines the offender's government (7)
  6. 8. Persons who administer the law (9)
  7. 9. A group of soldiers (plural) (6)
  8. 10. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (plural) (5)
  9. 11. The act of ___ or correcting (plural) (10)