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advice and consent

advice and consent noun: in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, the situation where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something previously enacted by a strong executive branch.

Noun

advice and consent (uncountable)

  1. In enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, the situation where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something previously enacted by a strong executive branch.

Questions about advice and consent

What does advice and consent mean?
Advice and consent means in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, the situation where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something previously enacted by a strong executive branch.
What part of speech is advice and consent?
Advice and consent is a noun.

Words near advice and consent in the dictionary

  1. advesperates
  2. advesperating
  3. advesperation
  4. advesperations
  5. advice
  6. advice and consent
  7. advice animal
  8. advice animals
  9. advice boat
  10. advice boats
  11. advice column

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