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EXEC'UTIVE, a. egzec'utive. Having the quality of executing or performing; as executive power or authority; an executive officer. Hence, in government, executive is used in distinction from legislative and judicial. The body that deliberates and enacts laws, is legislative; the body that judges, or applies the laws to particular cases, is judicial; the body or person who carries the laws into effect, or superintends the enforcement of them, is executive.
EXEC'UTIVE, n. The officer, whether king, president or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws; the person who administers the government; executive power or authority in government.
Designed or fitted for execution, or
carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for,
concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the
conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority;
executive duties, officer, department, etc.
* In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance. An impersonal
title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the
government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing
person or body.
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