The correct answer is C, as when one branch of the United States government limits the actions of another branch that is an example of checks and balances.
Checks and balances are mutual relations of authority that allow the government powers to control each other and resist reciprocal interference, limiting everyone within their own spheres. The purpose of these mechanisms is to induce the ambitions of a power to watch the ambitions of the other powers, and so they are eternally opposed to one another and leave the population safe from government abuses. These mechanisms are designed to maintain the separation of powers.
