Explain checks and balances.

What will be an ideal response?


Checks and balances is an allocation of governmental powers whereby one branch of government can block, check, or review what another branch wants to do (or has done) in order to maintain a balance of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches so that no one branch can dominate the other two.

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What are the characteristics of an effective separation agreement?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Law review articles and legal encyclopedias are examples of

a. Primary authority b. Secondary authority

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A purchase money mortgage:

A. is always a second mortgage B. is of shorter duration than institutional mortgages C. both a and b

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Time limitations in equitable cases are often affectedby the principle of ________, which is based on the concept of fairness.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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