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W. Va. Const. art. V, § 1
Division of Powers
The legislative, executive and judicial departments shall be separate and distinct, so that neither shall exercise the powers properly belonging to either of the others; nor shall any person exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same time, except that justices of the peace shall be eligible to the Legislature.
Provenance
- Source
- code.wvlegislature.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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