British government consists of ministers. They include people who are in charge of all departments of a state or do just plain part time tasks. Cabinet is a committees containing the former, and others as appropriate. How can a judiciary ever be considered to be a factor in the government is a matter of constitutional law, not of English. Why isn’t the constitution a symbol of freedom and independence?

I think that, in some countries, government may refer to a particular elected administration. How do I answer that question to my colleagues?

In the US, the term “Government” is used to refer to both elected and career officals, as well as many public servants at virtually every level. Generally teachers, firefighters, police officers and others providing “street level” services would probably not be referred to as the government (although they would be said to work for the government). However, the senior officials in their departments, and virtually all employees working in fedral and state agencies (labor, housing, military, transportation, etc.) would generally be considered part of government.

What are two examples of government (the executive, president, governor, mayor/coperator), but state includes all (state, county, city, etc.). The president is a lawyer if he is elected and the executive is a politician. Generally, judges are a department of government. They can provide technical advice as to how to deal with real estate and provide assistance.

Where there is a reference to the government taking an action, it depends on the context as to what part of government it means. In the phrase the government filed an appeal, the reference is generally to the executive branch of government and the court where the appeal is filed is seen as distinct (and hopefully, independent).

The usage in English is quite different in the UK than in the USA. Note the sharp differences in Barrie and Bib’s answers. And how can we both help one another?

As I understand it, in the UK — and I’m not British, so I say this tentatively, but I think this correct — they generally use the word government for just about the ministers of the ruling party. In the United States, the term “administration” includes the entire executive, legislative, and judiciary at all levels.

Obviously, an American is not unlikely to say that “the government filed an appeal to the court”, because the court is considered another official “the government.” We shall say “the ADMINISTRATION filed an appeal with the Court”.

An American would never say (speaking of his own government, I mean, “the government resigned”); “he really feels sorry for me!” Has President Donald Trump resigned? In the U.S. a individual person in the office holder can resign but the party in power does not resign as a whole. Why if a party has always respected the right to resign from the government it is considered to be an independent government, and the government is responsible for its elections, and not a party.