executive power

executive power. Constitutional law. The power to see that the laws are duly executed and enforced. • Under federal law, this power is vested in the President; in the states, it is vested in the governors. The President’s enumerated powers are found in the U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2; governors’ executive powers are provided for in state constitutions. The other two great powers of government are the legislative power and the judicial power. [Cases: Constitutional Law 76–80(4). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 215–227.]

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