Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Veto
veto, n. [L. 'I forbid'; word by which Roman tribunes opposed measures of the Senate or actions of the magistrates.] (webplay: right).
Ban; prohibition; disallowance; interdiction; negative vote; prevention of an intended act; right of a king to withhold the passing of a law.
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