Responsible government
2 definitions found for this term.
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The constitutional conventions which require that the prime minister and Cabinet may hold office only for so long as they can control a majority in the House of Commons or legislature, and which dictates that the formal head of state (governor general, lieutenant governor) must always act under the direction of the Cabinet.
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The means by which the executive is held accountable to the legislature and usually associated with the notion that those who run the executive must sit also in Parliament.