disallowance

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Disallowance is now rare, except where Imperial interests are affected, and never occurs on the ground of the policy or impolicy of the measure.

From The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion by Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)

Disallowance and appeals.—During the reigns of William III and Anne the crown was constantly seeking to harmonize the colonial and home governments, both in legislation and administration.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene