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What Montesquieu meant by the phrase "separation of powers" and where he saw this principle applied.

What Montesquieu meant by the phrase "separation of powers" and where he saw this principle applied.
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What Montesquieu meant by the phrase "separation of powers" and where he saw this principle applied.

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He meant that one man or branch of government should not have all the power. His principle is applied in American government by our system of checks and balances.

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