scheiding der machten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- separation of powers noun The constitutional principle that the legislative, executive and judicial functions of government should be held by separate bodies, so that no one branch can control the state on its own.
Senses
scheiding der machten is used for these senses in English:
- separation of powers A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.
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