veto
IPA: vˈitoʊ
noun
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment
verb
- (transitive) To use a veto against.
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Examples of "veto" in Sentences
- The legislature overrode the veto.
- The bill was vetoed by the governor.
- It only mentions the basic use of the Veto.
- Jeff won the competition and earned the power of veto.
- Constitution is the legislative power of the presidential veto.
- A magisterial veto was more of a procedural negation or override.
- Could the Prime Minister then advise the Sovereign to veto the bill
- Abstention is not regarded as a veto despite the wording of the Charter.
- Each of the four Allies held veto power over the decisions of the council.
- Finally, Sulla revoked the power of the Tribunes to veto acts of the senate.
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