Definition of executive

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Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body..

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Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Administerial :: Administerial (a.) Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government..
Administrative :: Administrative (a.) Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy..
Prudential :: Prudential (a.) Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee..
Veto :: Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
Outgeneral :: Outgeneral (v. t.) To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver.
Official :: Official (a.) One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant..
Administration :: Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain..
Office :: Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office..
Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
Executively :: Executively (adv.) In the way of executing or performing.
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession..
Selectman :: Selectman (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town..
Executorial :: Executorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an executive.
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
Executory :: Executory (a.) Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive..
Executive :: Executive (a.) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc..
Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required..
Directory :: Directory (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic..
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