suspensive veto
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The king could affix a suspensive veto to the acts of the Cortes.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
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 Tocqueville, Alexis de
He had but one attribute, the suspensive veto, which consisted of his right to suspend, for three years, the execution of the Assembly's decrees.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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 Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
The governor had a sort of suspensive veto.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
