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organ of state

organ of state noun: any of the three primary divisions of a state’s sovereignty (namely, the executive, the legislature, or the judiciary); the powers of each having been divided and balanced in accordance with the political principle of the separation of powers.

Noun

organ of state (plural organs of state)

  1. Any of the three primary divisions of a state’s sovereignty (namely, the executive, the legislature, or the judiciary); the powers of each having been divided and balanced in accordance with the political principle of the separation of powers.

Forms of organ of state

pluralorgans of state

Questions about organ of state

What does organ of state mean?
Organ of state means any of the three primary divisions of a state’s sovereignty (namely, the executive, the legislature, or the judiciary); the powers of each having been divided and balanced in accordance with the political principle of the separation of powers.
What part of speech is organ of state?
Organ of state is a noun.
What is the plural of organ of state?
The plural of organ of state is organs of state.

Words near organ of state in the dictionary

  1. organ of Berlese
  2. organ of Chievitz
  3. organ of Corti
  4. organ of elimination
  5. organ of Rosenmüller
  6. organ of state
  7. organ of Tömösváry
  8. organ of Zuckerkandl
  9. organ pipe
  10. organ pipe cacti
  11. organ pipe cactus

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