Executive
Executive noun - A person who manages or directs something.
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Synonyms for Executive
Legislature and executive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legislature" instead a noun "Executive".
Legislature
Legislature noun - Persons who make or amend or repeal laws.
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Synonyms for Legislature
Executive and legislature are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executive" instead a noun "Legislature".
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- Most nations have some mechanism that makes it very difficult to dismiss judges, in order to prevent the executive or legislature dismissing judges who make decisions they don't like.
Source: Ultimate Job Security - Sometimes, this is for legal reasons where the executive cannot declare war without the support of the legislature.
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A State need not limit its elections to the legislature and the chief executive, as the federal government does; they can also hold elections for secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller, state supreme court judges, judges of lower courts, district attorneys, sheriffs, and/or dog catchers.
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