1. The branch of government responsible for effecting and enforcing laws; the person or persons who constitute this branch. • The executive branch is sometimes said to be the residue of all government after subtracting the judicial and legislative branches. — Sometimes also termed executive department. Cf. LEGISLATURE; JUDICIARY(1). [Cases: Constitutional Law 76–80(4); United States 31. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 215–227; United States§ 49.]
chief executive. The head of the executive branch of a government, such as the President of the United States. [Cases: United States 26. C.J.S. United States §§ 45–47.]
2. A corporate officer at the upper levels of management.
— Also termed executive officer; executive employee. — executive, adj.
