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Executive branch   /ɪgzˈɛkjətɪv bræntʃ/   Listen
Executive branch

noun
1.
The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.  Synonym: Executive Office of the President.





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"Executive branch" Quotes from Famous Books



... three great Federal powers, the Federal Assembly, representing the legislative branch, the Federal Council, representing the executive branch, and the Federal Court, ...
— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard
... Alabama, as the Capital. The secessionists had then to leave the cabinet. In their own estimation they were aliens in the country which had given them birth. Loyal men were put into their places. Treason in the executive branch of the government was estopped. But the harm had already been done. The stable door was locked after the ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan


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