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veto legal definition
noun
verb
- 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.
- The act of refusing or canceling the act of another or the passage of a law.Â
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.”Â
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