### Question
What does department mean?


### Answer
**Department** has the following meaning in *28 U.S.C. § 451*:

> one of the executive departments enumerated in section 1 of Title 5, unless the context shows that such term was intended to describe the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the government

#### Citation:
  - *28 U.S.C. § 451*
  - Heading: **PART I-ORGANIZATION OF COURTS > CHAPTER 21-GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES**

