Can be in the form of making laws, compelling obedience to those laws through

physical means with the aim of removing liberty, legal sanctions, or other forms of
coercion and inducements
Police Power

Is an agency of the State.

Government

The Supreme Court is composed of a Chief Justice and ____ Associate Justices.
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State has four basic elements except:

system

Vested with the tremendous power of the purse, traditionally recognized in the
constitutional provision that �no money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in
pursuance of an appropriation made by law.
Legislative Branch

A system of government where an executive branch is led by a president who serves

as both head of state
Presidential

The right or power of a sovereign state to appropriate private property to

particular uses to promote public welfare.
Power of Eminent Domain

Form of government rests on the conviction that sovereignty should reside in the
people and that all government authority must emanate from them.
Republican

Exercises general supervision over all local government units and is also the
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Chief Executive

Refers to the division of responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one
branch from exercising the core functions of another.
Separation of Powers