branch of government

collocation in English

meaningsofbranchandgovernment

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branch
noun[C]
uk
/brɑːntʃ/us
/bræntʃ/
a part of ...
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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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(Definition ofbranchandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbranch of government

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From the questions propounded by visitors one is convinced that too little is known of thisbranchofgovernmentservice.
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Local governments lack discretion over public resources, as do the executive and the legislativebranchofgovernment.
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These matters have traditionally been treated as a matter for the executivebranchofgovernment, and not for the courts.
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For one thing, it violated the principle of the separation of powers which called for independent means of electing eachbranchofgovernment.
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We have part of the executivebranchofgovernment.
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After all, in a democracy with separation of powers, there is an explicit expectation that onebranchofgovernmentshall not interfere in the affairs of another.
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Thus, he was forced into a dialogue with the members of the otherbranchofgovernment, which characterised this phase as one of intense institutional activity.
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But in the process of weakening political parties and their stronghold which was the legislativebranchofgovernment, the constitutions buttressed the national executive, contributing to hyperpresidentialism.
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But of course there was onebranchofgovernmentthat saw them.
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Legitimate businesses and individuals are not there to act as abranchofgovernmentadministration.
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We already have the judicialbranchofgovernmentwith our own legal system, our own professions.
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We find examples of it in almost everybranchofgovernmentadministration.
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I believe passionately that democracy is still the best and most efficient sway of organising anybranchofgovernment.
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The executivebranchofgovernmentis to be empowered to decide on its own authority what is lawful and unlawful.
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It constituted the executivebranchofgovernment.
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These tribunals remain part of the executivebranchofgovernment.
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It would have been indeed interesting to learn how the current executivebranchofgovernmentis believed to operate, and what weaknesses it may have.
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Thirdly, the pensions of the higher judiciary should bear a reasonable relationship to those awarded to the higher servants of the executivebranchofgovernment.
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Racism in all its forms is totally unacceptable, whether in the prison service, the police service or any otherbranchofgovernment.
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I believe this always to be the case in cabinets or presidencies or whatever the executive branchofgovernmentmay be in different styles of democratic politics.
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The state government is headed by an elected governor who controls the executivebranchofgovernment.
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The judicialbranchofgovernmentcan also be used by advocacy groups to exert influence.
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The judiciary is the onlybranchofgovernmentfrom which non-citizens are not excluded.
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The office falls under the jurisdiction of the executivebranchofgovernment.
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