Wiktionary
n. A part of a whole governing body which is assigned specific powers; examples include the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, the military, and, in non-secular states, the church.
Usage examples of "branch of government".
Most of his working life had been spent in a branch of government that went only by its initials, and whether or not he had left his government job a dozen years ago for employment by the private sector was open to debate: some days he thought one way, some days another.
But Tom never intended her to serve any legit branch of government.
The branch of government that kidnapped you and the other children was acting without the knowledge of the army or the elected government&mdash.
Our only concern, naturally, is that you pay the tax, but some other branch of government might get interested.
Even though Unity's fought the narcotics traffic more effectively than any branch of government-well, could Tannahill be in it, could he have masterminded that assault?
The executive branch of government was the smallest in sixty years, all carefully orchestrated by a man who used to kill for a living but was now perceived as one of the gentlest, nonconfrontational, and nonconformist commanders-in-chief ever to occupy the White House.