A, because all the other are in direct reference to something
They divided the powers into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. So that in case one branch has too much power, they have the other branches to check them. All three branches has the same amount of powers but different kind of branch.
"The" is the particular article
Articles are like adjectives, they modify nouns
"The" is particular, because it specifies the noun you are talking about. If I say "Let's read the book" I am referring to a specific one
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there is no passage therefore i cant help
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