"checks and balances" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions nominales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "De l’anglais checks (« contrôles ») et balances (« contrepoids ») ."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la politique",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "lien web americanhistory.about.com, 05 août 2016",
          "text": "Checks and balances refers to the system that the US Constitution set up to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful."
        },
        {
          "ref": "lien web www.congressforkids.net",
          "text": "How does the system of checks and balances affect the way the government works?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Système de poids et contrepoids qui garantit la séparation et l’équilibre des pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire (juridictionnel)."
      ],
      "id": "fr-checks_and_balances-en-noun-xmqlMJ7J",
      "topics": [
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "checks and balances"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions nominales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "De l’anglais checks (« contrôles ») et balances (« contrepoids ») ."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Lexique en anglais de la politique"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "lien web americanhistory.about.com, 05 août 2016",
          "text": "Checks and balances refers to the system that the US Constitution set up to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful."
        },
        {
          "ref": "lien web www.congressforkids.net",
          "text": "How does the system of checks and balances affect the way the government works?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Système de poids et contrepoids qui garantit la séparation et l’équilibre des pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire (juridictionnel)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "checks and balances"
}