to veto a measure

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• measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …   Collocations dictionary

• veto — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective ▪ government, gubernatorial (AmE), presidential ▪ line item (AmE) ▪ The Governor used a line item veto to eliminate a $1 m …   Collocations dictionary

• Veto — For other uses of Veto , see Veto (disambiguation). A veto, Latin for I forbid , is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation. Veto: An emphatic prohibition of any …   Wikipedia

• veto — /viytow/ (Lat. I forbid.) The refusal of assent by the executive officer whose assent is necessary to perfect a law which has been passed by the legislative body, and the message which is usually sent to such body by the executive, stating such… …   Black's law dictionary

• veto — ve|to1 [ˈvi:təu US tou] v past tense and past participle vetoed present participle vetoing third person singular vetoes [T] 1.) if someone in authority vetoes something, they refuse to allow it to happen, especially something that other people or …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• veto — n. & v. n. (pl. oes) 1 a a constitutional right to reject a legislative enactment. b the right of a permanent member of the UN Security Council to reject a resolution. c such a rejection. d an official message conveying this. 2 a prohibition (put …   Useful english dictionary

• liberum veto — /lib euhr euhm, lee beuhr / a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity. [1785 95; < L liberum, neut. of liber free] * * * ▪ Polish government       in Polish history, the legal right of each member of… …   Universalium

• overriding veto — The enactment of a statute or ordinance, after a veto of the measure by the executive, by the passage of the measure by a stated percentage, fixed by constitution or statute, of the votes of the legislative body. 37 Am J1st Mun Corp § 148; 50 Am… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Andrew Johnson: Veto of Tenure of Office — ▪ Primary Source       The important off year election of 1866 went heavily in favour of the Radical Republicans. By the time the 39th Congress convened in December it was apparent that the President Andrew Johnson s authority and prestige never… …   Universalium

• pocket veto — ☆ pocket veto n. 1. the indirect veto by the President of the U.S. of a bill presented to him by Congress within ten days of its adjournment, by failing to sign and return the bill before Congress adjourns 2. any action similar to this in… …   English World dictionary

• pocket veto — A veto of a legislative bill effected by the retention of the bill by the executive, his return of the measure as approved or rejected within the time fixed by law being prevented by the adjournment of the law making body. 50 Am J1st Stat § 121 …   Ballentine's law dictionary