a system that limits power within a political system, group, or organization in which no single part of it can become too powerful, because it needs the agreement of the other parts for its actions to be legal
Synonyms and related words
Government programmes and policies
amnesty
Balkanisation
Balkanization
checks and balances
noun plural
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a system that limits power within a political system, group, or organization in which no single part of it can become too powerful, because it needs the agreement of the other parts for its actions to be legal