What is the purpose of “Checks and Balances” in our government system?

A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.

With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. Each branch “checks” the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them.

Checks and balances, principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power. Checks and balances are applied primarily in constitutional governments.

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