Pocket Veto
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
The retention by the President of the United States of a bill unsigned so that it does not become a law in virtue of the following constitutional provision Const Art I sec 7 cl 2 ldquoIf any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days Sundays excepted after it shall have been presented to him the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return in which case it shall not be a lawrdquo Also an analogous retention of a bill by a State governor
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