to veto a person

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• Veto Players — Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work [ [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7419.html Tsebelis, G.: Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work ] ] is a book written by political science professor George Tsebelis in 2002. It is a game… …   Wikipedia

• Veto — Sein Veto gegen etwas einlegen: Widerspruch einlegen, etwas widersprechen. Die Redensart ist Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts aufgekommen und geht zurück auf lateinisch ›veto‹, 1. Person Singular von ›vetare‹: verbieten, untersagen.{{ppd}}    Von… …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

• Veto - info! — Veto: Das Substantiv Veto ist abgeleitet aus der ersten Person Singular des lateinischen Verbs vetare „verbieten“, bedeutet also wörtlich übersetzt „ich verbiete“. Seinen Ursprung hat das Veto im antiken Rom. Dort wurde 494 v. Chr. das Amt des… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Veto — »Einspruch‹srecht›«: Das seit dem 18. Jh. bezeugte, dem politischen und parlamentarischen Bereich angehörende Fremdwort ist aus gleichbedeutend frz. veto entlehnt. Dies ist substantiviert aus lat. veto »ich verbiete«, der ersten Person Singular… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

• veto — [vē′tō] n. pl. vetoes [L, I forbid < vetare, to forbid] 1. a) an order prohibiting some proposed or intended act; prohibition, esp. by a person in authority b) the power to prevent action by such prohibition 2. the constitutional right or… …   English World dictionary

• veto — (n.) 1620s, from L. veto, lit. I forbid, first person singular present indicative of vetare forbid, of unknown origin. Used by Roman tribunes who opposed measures of the Senate or magistrates. The verb is recorded from 1706. Related: Vetoed;… …   Etymology 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 — 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 — [17] Latin vetō meant ‘I forbid’ (it was the first person present singular of vetāre ‘forbid’, a verb of uncertain origin which may be related to Welsh gwadu ‘deny’). It was used in the Roman senate by tribunes of the people as a formula for… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• veto — [17] Latin vetō meant ‘I forbid’ (it was the first person present singular of vetāre ‘forbid’, a verb of uncertain origin which may be related to Welsh gwadu ‘deny’). It was used in the Roman senate by tribunes of the people as a formula for… …   Word origins

• The Royal Veto —     The Royal Veto     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Royal Veto     (in the appointment of Bishops in Ireland and England.)     Although the penal laws enacted against the Catholics of Ireland and of England were still on the statute book towards …   Catholic encyclopedia