suspensive veto
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In respect to measures generally, the king possessed only a suspensive veto; that is to say, any measure passed by three successive legislatures acquired, without the royal sanction, the force of law.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
The new French constitution allowed no privileged orders, no parliamentary ministry, no power of dissolution, and only a suspensive veto.
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
The president is, moreover, provided with a suspensive veto, which allows him to oppose the passing of such laws as might destroy the portion of independence which the constitution awards him.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville
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 Alexis de Tocqueville
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 William Milligan Sloane
