The balance of power between the Federal government. When we think of a âbalance of powerâ we think of a weighing of interests between two entities, in this case the federal and state governments of the United States, both of which have vested interests in the powers which control and shape the nation.
The surname Webb was first found in Wiltshire where they held a family seat anciently from about the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. This name is confined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the Dee.
*wabjan (cf. O.S. webbi, O.N. vefr, Du. webbe, O.H.G. weppi, Ger. gewebe web), from PIE *webh- (related to O.E. wefan; see weave). Meaning spider's web is first recorded c.1220. Applied to the membranes between the toes of ducks and other aquatic birds from 1576.