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

Terrick was especially hostile to the idea, and when the Dean waited upon him and told him, with some exultation, of the progress that had been made, put an absolute veto upon the whole project.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)