checks and balances

checks and balances
checks and bal·anc·es /-'ba-lən-səz/ n pl: the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of government by which each restrains the others from exerting too much power

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

checks and balances
n. A system of distribution of power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, in relatively equal proportions, such that each branch has the ability to counter the actions of the other two and thus prevent the entire government from being controlled by any single branch.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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