Equivocation
Equivocation fallacies occur when an argument’s persuasiveness depends on the confusing use of a word that has multiple meanings. When a word is used in different ways in the same argument, and no clear distinction is made, the argument can become misleading.
Stare Decisis
To abide by, or adhere to, decided cases. Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th edition
Sovereignty
The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed; supreme political authority. Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th edition
Democracy
That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. – Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, pp. 388-389