Veto
Veto Definition
(Lat. I forbid). Veto may be defined as the refusal of the executive body of a country whose assent is necessary to let pass a law or measure approbed already by the legislative body. See veto in the legal dictonary.
In Europe
The veto power of the British sovereign has not been exercised since 1708 (for more than two centuries). It was exercised once during the reign of Queen Anne. But anciently the king frequently replied, which was in effect withholding his assent. Because the monarch of Great Britain has long had putative absolute veto power, but this prerogative has not been exercised since 1708. In France the king had the initiative of all laws, but not the veto. In the Security Council of the United Nations, each of the five permanent members—France, Great Britain, China, Russia, and the U.S.—has veto power over all substantive matters.
Veto in the United States
By the constitution of the United States, the president has a power to prevent the enactment of any law, by refusing to sign the same after its passage, unless it be subsequently enacted by a vote of two-thirds of each house. When a bill is engrossed, and has received the sanction of both houses, it is transmitted to the president for his approbation. If he approves of it, he signs it. If he does not, he sends it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, and that house enter the objections on their journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.See more about veto in the United States here.
See Also
Legislature
President
United Nations
Security Council
Aristocracy
Charter of the United Nations
Statute
Absolutism
Electoral Reform
Veto: Right of Veto
Further Reading
- A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Veto, H Volger, KA Annan -2010)
- The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007)
- International Law: A Dictionary (including Veto, Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005)
Spanish Translation of veto
This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to veto and / or a definition of this topic: Veto (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).
Veto in Constitutional Law
From the Comparative Constitutions Project: The word veto comes from Latin and literally means I forbid. It is used to denote that a certain party has the right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. A veto thus gives unlimited power to stop changes, but not to adopt them.
Veto in Election Law
Recognised right of an authority to oppose a decision taken by another authority, even by a majority. In certain political systems (for example a presidential system), the head of state can refuse the enactment of a law approved by the legislative assembly and prevent its entry into force.
Concept of Veto
Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.
Concept of Veto
Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.
Veto
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on veto explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
Veto and Europe
There is an entry on veto in the European legal encyclopedia.
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- Presidency
- Executive Power
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- Congress
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Further Reading
- Entry “Veto” in the work “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)
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Further Reading
- The entry “veto” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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- Election Law
- Electoral Laws
- Electoral Legislation
Hierarchical Display of Veto
Politics > Political framework > Political power
Law > International law > International law
Law > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Constitutional law
Veto
Concept of Veto
See the dictionary definition of Veto.
Characteristics of Veto
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Translation of Veto
Thesaurus of Veto
Politics > Political framework > Political power > Veto
Law > International law > International law > Veto
Law > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Constitutional law > Veto
See also
- Power of veto
- Right of veto
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