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  1. The power of one branch of government to prohibit a certain action by another; for example, the chief executiveÂ’s right to refuse to sign a legislature-passed bill into law.
  2. The act of refusing or canceling the act of another or the passage of a law. 
pocket veto
As to a chief executive of a governmental body, such as the President of the United States, the failure to approve a proposed legislative act, thereby resulting in the proposed law not being passed, and therefore “vetoed.” 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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