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(n) The federal principle or system of government.
The principles of the Federalist Party.
In Canada, support of confederation in opposition to Quebec separatism.

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(n) Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.

(in the UK) a procedure by which a court can review an administrative action by a public body and (in England) secure a declaration, order, or award.

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(n) Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

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(v)an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.

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(n)A governing or controlling body whose power exists only within pre-defined limits that are established by a constitution or other source of authority.

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(n) A doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.a doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.