English-Spanish translations for separation of powers

• separación de poderes
  Hay una separación de poderes. There is a separation of powers.
  Estoy diciendo esto porque considero que la separación de poderes es importante. I am saying that because I do believe the separation of powers is important.
  Uno de los principios de nuestras constituciones es el principio de separación de poderes. One of the principles of our constitutions is the separation of powers.

Definition of separation of powers

• A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement

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• separation
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