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Veto - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Veto : (noun)
1: a vote that blocks a decision
2: the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or
intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to
reject a bill passed by the legislature)
(verb)
1: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The
President vetoed the bill" [syn: blackball, negative]
2: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: forbid,
prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow] [ant: permit,
permit]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Veto : \Ve"to\, n.; pl. Vetoes. [L. veto I forbid.]
1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an
interdiction.
This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any
intimacy with her family. --G. Eliot.
2. Specifically:
(a) A power or right possessed by one department of
government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of
projects attempted by another department; especially,
in a constitutional government, a power vested in the
chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures
passed by the legislature. Such a power may be
absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People
in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the
President of the United States. Called also the veto
power.
(b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition
or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill
passes.
(c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the
executive for not officially approving a proposed law;
-- called also veto message. [U. S.]
Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal
Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only.
--Abbott.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Veto : \Ve"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vetoed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vetoing.]
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a
legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto
an appropriation bill.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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VETO, legislation. This is a Latin word signifying, I forbid.
2. It is usually applied to the power of the president of the United
States to negative a bill which has passed both branches of the legislature.
The act of refusing to sign such a bill, and the message which is sent to
congress assigning the reasons for a refusal to sign it, are each called a
veto.
3. When a bill is engrossed, and has received the sanction of both
houses, it is transmitted to the president for his approbation. If he
approves of it, he signs it. If he does not, he sends it, with his
objections, to the house in which it originated, and that house enter the
objections on their journals, and proceed to reconsider the bill. Coast. U.
S. art. I, s. 7, cl. 2. Vide Story on the Const. Sec. 878; 1 Kent, Com. 239.
4. The governors of the several states have generally a negative on the
acts of the legislature. When exercised with due caution, theVeto : power is
some additional security against inconsiderate and hasty legislation, or
where bills have passed through prejudice or want of due reflection. It was,
however, mainly intended as a weapon in the hands of the chief magistrate to
defend the executive department from encroachment and usurpation, as well as
a just balance of the constitution.
5. The veto power of the British sovereign has not been exercised for
more than a century. It was exercised once during the, reign of Queen Anne.
Edinburgh Rev. 10th vol. 411, &c.; Parke's Lectures, 126. But anciently the
king frequently replied Le roy s'avisera, which was in effect withholding
his assent. In France the king had the initiative of all laws, but not the
veto. See 1 Toull. art. 39; and see Nos. 42, 52, note 3.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Veto |
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bccohan: @keder But the good news is Obama will Veto it bc he said during the campaign he would Veto any bill w/pork. Oh wait...nvm @savethiscountry |
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mireille1975: McCain can't *demand* the President Veto anything. Get ahold of yourself dude. You didn't win the election, remember? |
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bccohan: Obama said he will Veto any bill that has pork in it... He has a bill w/over 5000 in it coming his way. Wonder what he will do... Hmmmm. |
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