DEPARTMENT
department,n.1. A division of a greater whole; a subdivision <a legal department>.2. A
country’s division of territory, usu. for governmental and administrative purposes, as in the
division of a state into counties <France has regional departments similar to states>.3. A principal
branch or division of government <legislative department>; specif., a division of the executive
branch of the U.S. government, headed by a secretary who is a member of the President’s cabinet
<Department of Labor>. [Cases: United States 30. C.J.S. United States § 49.] —
departmental,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]