item veto

Item veto is defined as a state governor’s power to reject a part of a bill, but allow the other elements of the bill to pass.

(noun)

An example of an item veto is a governor deleting a section of a bill before it becomes law.

See item veto in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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executive power, as of the governors of some states of the U.S., to veto a section of a bill without vetoing the whole bill

See item veto in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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