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Veto

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Veto, a prohibition, or the right of forbidding; especially applied to the royal power of refusing assent to a Bill in Parliament passed by the two Houses: 'Le Roy' or 'La Reyne' s'avisera. See 2 Steph. Com.

As to the veto by Archbishops and Bishops in regard to proceedings and inquiries relating to certain offences, see the (English) Church Discipline Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86), and (English) Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 85).

A power of one governmental branch to prohibit an action by another branch, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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