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checks and balances

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checks and balances
rules intended to prevent one person or group from having too much power within an organization. A system of checks and balances exists to ensure that our government is truly democratic.
See also: balance, check
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The system of checks and balances we had in Australia has served us well.
A question of balance by Iliffe, Jill / Australian Nursing Journal
A healthy system of checks and balances among the three branches of government is vital to the protection of our civil liberties.
How healthy is our democracy? by Wilson, Mary G. / National Voter
With the Internet, China is developing--for the first time in 4,000 years of history--a powerful independent institution that offers checks and balances on the emperors.
In China, 120 million Netizens challenge Communist control by Kristof, Nicholas D. / New York Times Upfront
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