In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
— Montesquieu Early Modern

Separation of powers

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The Spirit of the Laws, Book XI, Chapter 6

Date / Period

1748

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1066/1066-h/1066-h.htm

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