| bicameral | general laws | separation of powers |
| bill | general session | separation of powers doctrine |
| budget | impairment of the obligation of a contract | simple majority |
| budget bill | impeachment | sine die adjournment |
| budget session | implied powers | single-house resolution |
| caucus | in lieu tax | socialism |
| census | inactive file | speaker |
| checks and balances | incumbent | special election |
| closure rule | initiative | special session |
| code | item veto | spoils system |
| common law | jurisdiction | status quo |
| concurrent jurisdiction | lame duck | statutory law |
| concurrent resolution | lame duck amendment | substantive law |
| conference committee | legal tender | third house |
| congress | legislative advocate | third reading |
| congressional caucus | legislative counsel | third-reading file |
| Congressional Record | Legislative Digest | treaty power |
| consent calendar | Legislative Index | unicameralism |
| consolidation | legislative intent | union calendar |
| constituents | legislature | unit rule |
| Constitution | lobbying | urgency clause |
| cross-filing | lobbyist | veto |
| Daily file | minority | ways and means committee |
| Daily History | minority leader | Weekly History |
| Daily Journal | nepotism | white primaries |
| delegated powers | New Deal | Baker vs. Carr |
| discharge rule | open primary | Dartmouth College vs. Woodard 1819 |
| district | partisan offices | Fletcher vs. Peck 1810 |
| electoral college | pocket veto | Schechter poultry Corp. vs. United States 1935 |
| enactment | political party | |
| engrossment | precedent | |
| enrollment | presidential government | |
| equity | presidential preference | |
| Ex Post Facto Law | primary election | |
| exclusive jurisdiction | pressure group | |
| executive agreement | primary election: open, closed, white | |
| extra legal | reading a bill | |
| extraordinary session | recall | |
| farm bloc | referendum | |
| filibuster | rider | |
| first reading | rotten through | |
| fiscal matters | rules committee | |
| fiscal policy | second reading | |
| fiscal year | second-reading file | |
| freeholder | senatorial courtesy | |
| full faith and credit clause | ||
| general election |