Sekirov Dictionary

check and balance

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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The mutual oversight provided by a system of independent organizations with control over each other.
- Because of the check and balance function of journalists, they are sometimes called the “watchdog for the people”. — 2013

verb1

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Provide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.
- Since each branch had exclusive powers, separated powers did not mean an aggressively political process of checking and balancing of executive policy choices by Congress. — 1998

forms

checked and balanced · checking and balancing · checks and balances

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