Subpoena
A legal order compelling an appearance before a court
Dissent
An expression of rebellion or opposition to authority or majority opinion
Militia
A band of non-professional soldiers serving either private interests or as a paramilitary offshoot of the state
Sovereign
Autonomous and self-governing
Indictment
An official and legally-binding accusation of having a committed a crime
Enumerated
Itemized, catalogued, and detailed
Implicate
To incriminate or single out for identification
Barter
To engage in negotiations for trading one thing in exchange for another
Textualist
Describing someone who applies a rigid adherence to interpretation of a document
Immunity
A protective exemption against punishment
Provision
The establishment or stipulation of certain conditions
Ratify
Endorsement or sanctioning of approved rules, regulations or codes of conduct
Statute
A law outlining specific acts of unapproved behavior
Concede
To grant, accept or acknowledge the belief, assertion or opinion of another
Ambiguous
Vague, nebulous or unclear in meaning and intent
Surreptitiously
Secretly or sneakily, or with deceptive intent
Regulate
To impose a standardization of control or systemic processing
Doctrine
A set of guidelines or principles regulating behavior or beliefs
Anarchy
A radical and revolutionary political belief that any current system must be destroyed and rebuilt rather than merely altering or changing certain features
Suppress
The act of censoring or destroying information
