principle of separation

collocation in English

meaningsofprincipleandseparation

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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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separation
noun
uk
/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition ofprincipleandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The next sentence is as direct a rejection of theprincipleofseparationof levels as one could hope to have.
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These reflected calculated strategies to bind the judiciary to the executive, and limit theprincipleofseparationof powers.
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If theprincipleofseparationof levels ruled out the use of that sort of evidence, then phonological derivations could only rarely be justified, if at all.
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The adoption of this report is a strong signal of the desire to consolidate theprincipleofseparationof powers.
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Theprincipleofseparationwould certainly be enhanced by separating the roles of chairman and chief executive.
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Fini is also an outspoken supporter of theprincipleofseparationof church and state and of a more structured party organization.
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It establishes theprincipleofseparationof powers as relating to the judiciary.
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It implements aprincipleofseparationof configuration from the scripts that do the setting up.
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The federal government adopts theprincipleofseparationof powers and has three branches: executive, legislature and judiciary.
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Therefore, it does not prejudice in any way theprincipleofseparationof powers.
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All other states and the federal government maintain court rules separately from executive regulations in order to maintain theprincipleofseparationof powers.
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Critics consider such privileges to be state-sanctioned religious discrimination in violation of theprincipleofseparationof state and religion.
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The government is unitary, representative and decentralized, and is organized according to theprincipleofseparationof powers.
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He dissented solely on the ground that the law was a clear violation of the constitutionalprincipleofseparationof powers.
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It defined the function and competence of the central organs of state authority according to theprincipleofseparationof powers among an executive, a legislative, and a judiciary branch.
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Theprincipleofseparationstates that contracts on the transfer of property and the actual transfer of property must be treated separately and follow their own rules.
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The final version of the document sanctioned the first local government abiding by the principles of separation and balance of powers.
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Principles of separation of powers also applied to the military.
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The court held that it was competent to deal with the case in order to provide checks and balances to the principles of separation of powers.
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