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checks and balances

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checks and balances
pl n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Government chiefly US competition and mutual restraint among the various branches of government


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The system of checks and balances we had in Australia has served us well.
A healthy system of checks and balances among the three branches of government is vital to the protection of our civil liberties.
With the Internet, China is developing--for the first time in 4,000 years of history--a powerful independent institution that offers checks and balances on the emperors.
 
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