veto

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In Sweden, for example, the king possessed independent legislative power and his veto was absolute; in

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  1. noun The vested power or constitutional right of one branch or department of government to refuse approval of measures proposed by another department, especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature and thus prevent or delay its enactment into law.
  2. noun Exercise of this right.
  3. noun An official document or message from a chief executive stating the reasons for rejection of a bill.

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  • The doctors know that their veto is anyhow useless and would only anger me. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • This veto was a derisory right which the Assembly allowed the king to exercise when he would not acquiesce in their propositions. —  Ruin of a Princess
  • Cecil Pearce, Southeast region vice president for the American Insurance Association, expressed his insurers 'disappoinment, calling the veto an "opportunity lost for Florida - an opportunity to provide a modest, market-based alternative to Florida's over-regulated property insurance market that has been in short supply in recent years."
  • In his veto, the Governor complained that lawmakers were using too many of the state's reserves to balance their budget. —  OPB News
  • Palestinians have learn through their history that American financial support and the American veto were always there to defend the state of Israel, while Europe which regards itself as somehow different to the United States has practiced a policy of hypocrisy and double standards by equalizing between the victim and the occupier, despite its historical responsibility for creating the Palestinian tragedy. —  Countercurrents.org
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Latin vetō, first person sing. present tense of vetāre, to forbid.

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  1. = French veto, from Latin veto. I forbid (see def.), 1st person present indicative active of vetare, forbid, prohibit, oppose, hinder.
  2. from veto, n.
 

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