principle of separation of powers
1Separation of powers under the United States Constitution — This article refers to the separation of powers specifically in the United States. For the article on the theory of separation of powers, see: Separation of Powers Separation of powers is a political doctrine under which the executive,… …
2Separation of powers — Balance of powers redirects here. For other uses, see Balance of power. The separation of powers, often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle,[1] is a model for the governance of a state. The model was first developed …
3SEPARATION OF POWERS — SEPARATION OF POWERS, a fundamental principle of Public Law, which seeks to distinguish between the roles and powers of a number of different public authorities operating in tandem, such as the legislative, executive, and judicial authorities. On …
4separation of powers — 1: the constitutional allocation of the legislative, executive, and judicial powers among the three branches of government 2: the doctrine under which the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government are not to infringe upon each… …
5Separation of powers in Australia — The doctrine of separation of powers refers to the separation of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. A strict separation is not maintained in Australia, following the Westminster system and the doctrine of responsible government.… …
6separation of powers — the allocation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers to branches of government independent of each other * * * the principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government. * * * …
7separation of powers — separation of authority, distribution of power, basic democratic principle in which every government department has independent authority and curbs the power of other departments …
8separation of powers — the principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government. * * * Division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government among separate and independent bodies.… …
9separation — noun 1 being apart ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ clear, rigid, strict ▪ long ▪ She is visiting her family after a long separation …
10Separation of duties — (SoD) is the concept of having more than one person required to complete a task. It is alternatively called segregation of duties or, in the political realm, separation of powers.General descriptionSeparation of duties is one of the key concepts… …
