absolute veto

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Another couple who had survived remodeling shared with us a valuable tip: Each person in the couple gets absolute veto power.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2019

But there are other things that could be done about the risk of nitrites and nitrates in bacon, short of an absolute veto.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018

It is unclear whether the pope would have an absolute veto in the process.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2018

His book, self-published in 2013, is based on the early Jim Morrison premise that the band share equally in royalties from songs – and also that each member had absolute veto power.

From Forbes • Feb. 5, 2015

Franklin also opposed the idea of conferring an absolute veto upon the President, and the requirement of fourteen years' residence as a condition of citizenship.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell