The correct answer among the choices is lingua franca. In multilingual
societies and populations, a lingua franca is adopted as a medium of
communication between people with different vernacular languages. Countries
like India and the Philippines with a post-colonial past and a plethora of
local languages use English as their lingua franca, for example.
Death penalty or death penalty schemes
The Commonwealth<span> of Nations is a voluntary association of 52 sovereign states. </span>
At both the Federal and State level, a bill is introduced into the legislative branch.
From there, it will be put forth for discussions and hearings on the matter. It will likely be assigned to a sub-committee, who will investigate.
More discussion will occur and eventually the legislature will vote on it and send it to the Executive (Governor or President) who will sign it or veto it. The Legislative branch will enact then or will vote to overide the veto.
Depending on what happened, the bill will become law and the appropriate agency responsible will enact regulations based on the new law.