suspensive veto
Example Sentences
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The governor had a sort of suspensive veto.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
He is armed with a suspensive veto, which allows him to stop, or at least to retard, its movements at pleasure.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de
The new French constitution allowed no privileged orders, no parliamentary ministry, no power of dissolution, and only a suspensive veto.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
The king could affix a suspensive veto to the acts of the Cortes.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
The suspensive veto has been derived from it.'—O.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
