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title: "What does checks and balances mean? How does it work?"  
description: "What does checks and balances mean? How does it work?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42007/what-does-checks-and-balances-mean-how-does-it-work  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What does checks and balances mean? How does it work? 

What does [checks and balances](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100482/concept-of-checks-and-balances-in-politics-and-why-is-it-important-for-the-stability-of-a-gov) mean? How does it work? \
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