CHECKS AND BALANCES


Meaning of CHECKS AND BALANCES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Date: 1787

: a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power

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