to veto legislation

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• 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 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

• Legislation — (or statutory law ) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted ) by a legislature or other governing body. The term may refer to a single law, or the collective body of enacted law, while statute is also used to refer to a single law. Before… …   Wikipedia

• veto — ve·to 1 / vē tō/ n pl ve·toes [Latin, I forbid, refuse assent to] 1: an authoritative prohibition 2 a: a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature b: the exercise of… …   Law dictionary

• veto — 01. The President has power of [veto] in the American political system. 02. The boss has [vetoed] our plans to expand the Research and Development Department, due to financial constraints. 03. The board has indicated it will [veto] the decision… …   Grammatical examples in English

• legislation — n. statutes, laws 1) to adopt, enact, pass; draft legislation 2) to veto; vote down legislation 3) to abrogate, repeal legislation 4) emergency; progressive; remedial; social legislation * * * [ˌledʒɪs leɪʃ(ə)n] draft legislation enact pass… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Veto —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Vetto.  Pour l’article homonyme, voir VETO (groupe).  Le mot veto vient du latin et signifie littéralement Je m’oppose. Il est utilisé pour indiquer qu une partie d un groupe a le droit d arrêter… …   Wikipédia en Français

• 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

• legislation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ federal, national, parliamentary, state ▪ draft, proposed ▪ fresh (esp. BrE), further …   Collocations dictionary

• veto — 1 verb vetoed, vetoing (T) 1 to officially refuse to allow something to happen, especially something that other people or organizations have agreed: The president vetoed a tax increase on gasoline last week. 2 to refuse to accept a particular… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English