separation of powers
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separation of powers:
see Constitution of the United StatesConstitution of the United States,document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the Constitution was signed on Sept.
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