suspensive veto
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Moreover, it speedily came into conflict with the king, who vainly endeavored to use his constitutional right of suspensive veto in order to check its activities.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
The governor had a sort of suspensive veto.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
The King was denied all initiative, being granted merely a suspensive veto, and in the reform of the judicial system the prestige of the lawyers was also destroyed.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
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
This chamber was to sit for two years, the King having no authority to dissolve or prorogue it; and it was to possess full legislative power subject to the King's suspensive veto.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
