United States Federal Government Law and Legal Definition
The United States Federal Government is established by the US Constitution. The Federal Government shares sovereignty over the United Sates with the individual governments of the States of US. The Federal government has three branches: i) the legislature, which is the US Congress, ii) Executive, comprised of the President and Vice president of the US and iii) Judiciary. The US Constitution prescribes a system of separation of powers and ‘checks and balances’ for the smooth functioning of all the three branches of the Federal Government. The US Constitution limits the powers of the Federal Government to the powers assigned to it; all powers not expressly assigned to the Federal Government are reserved to the States or to the people.
Legal Definition list
- United States European Command [USEUCOM]
- United States Equestrian Federation (USEF)
- United States Employment Service
- United States Domestic Trade
- United States District Courts
- United States Federal Government
- United States Federal Maritime Board
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- United States Fish Processors
- United States Flag Vessel
- United States Fleet Forces Command [USFLTFORCOM]
Related Legal Terms
- Abuses of Governmental Power Identified Under “Watergate”
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Administration of Estates
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
