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Conn. Const. art. second

Constitution
Constitution of Connecticut
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

(Distribution of powers.) The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate magistracy, to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another.

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