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Those are the three branches of the state. We consider government to be the executive only. The judiciary does not govern.

• hollerith 5y ago
  Ah. Americans use "state" to mean one of the 50 provinces of the US, leaving the word unavailable for what Brits use it for.
  • zarzavat 5y ago
    What about the state department?
    • hollerith 5y ago
      That is our term for what the Brits call the Foreign Office.
      • CRConrad 5y ago
        Yes. I think the GP's point was that this shows how US usage also, still, to some extent reflects that of the rest of the world: Your State Department is called that because it is the organ that deals with other sovereign states.
• kazinator 5y ago
  Pointless word semantics aside, the point here is that they are branches of one thing; if you piss off one branch, strings can be pulled so that another branch treats you severely in court. This is plausible.