Veto

veto 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 such authority see also pocket veto compare legislative veto vt ve·toed ve·to·ing : to refuse to admit or approve ;specif : to refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment or cause reconsideration see also override ...

line-item veto

line-item veto : an executive veto of a specific item in an appropriations bill ...

pocket veto

pocket veto : a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days) ...

Absolute veto

Absolute veto, means an unrestricted veto that is not subject to being overridden, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1558....

Veto

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....

legislative veto

legislative veto : a resolution passed by one or both houses of a legislature that is intended to nullify an administrative regulation or action ...

checks and balances

checks and balances : the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of government by which each restrains the others from exerting too much power ...

joint resolution

joint resolution : a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body that has the force of law when signed by or passed over the veto of the executive compare concurrent resolution ...

override

override -rode [-rōd] -rid·den [-rid-n] -rid·ing 1 : to prevail or take precedence over [if, as is often the case, federal constitutional principles state statutory or common law "H. P. Wilkins"] 2 : to set aside by virtue of superior authority [overrode the jury's sentencing recommendation] ;esp : annul [ a veto with the required majority] [ō-vər-rīd] n 1 : a commission paid to managerial personnel on sales made by subordinates called also override commission 2 : royalty 3 : an act or instance of overriding [a legislative ] ...

override

override -rode [-rōd] -rid·den [-rid-n] -rid·ing 1 : to prevail or take precedence over [if, as is often the case, federal constitutional principles state statutory or common law "H. P. Wilkins"] 2 : to set aside by virtue of superior authority [overrode the jury's sentencing recommendation] ;esp : annul [ a veto with the required majority] [ō-vər-rīd] n 1 : a commission paid to managerial personnel on sales made by subordinates called also override commission 2 : royalty 3 : an act or instance of overriding [a legislative ] ...

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