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11veto — /ˈvitoʊ / (say veetoh) noun (plural vetos or vetoes) 1. the power or right of preventing action by a prohibition. 2. a prohibition directed against some proposed or intended act. –verb (t) (vetoed, vetoing) 3. to prevent (a proposal, legislative… …
12veto — n 1. rejection, thumbs down, nix, nay, no, denial; prohibition, interdiction, interdict, forbiddance, outlawry; proscription, injunction, disallowance, ban, taboo, embargo; preclusion, prevention, restriction, constriction; stoppage, arrest,… …
13Legislative veto — A legislative veto exists in governments that separate executive and legislative functions if actions by the executive can be rejected by the legislature.United StatesThe legislative veto had an interesting, but short lived function in the United …
14Balanced Budget Veto Amendment — The Balanced Budget Veto Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution put forth in a paper by Anthony Hawks published by the libertarian Cato Institute, with the intention of establishing a self enforcing mechanism to… …
15Post Reditum in Senatu — Upon his return from exile Cicero gave this speech thanking the Senate for their efforts in securing his return. The speech was given on the Nones of September, that is, September 5th, 57 BC. Cicero refers to the speech and the welcome he… …
16Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus — Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Roman senator and Stoic philosopher, lived during the reign of Nero. He was the husband of Arria the daughter of Arria, father in law of Helvidius Priscus, and a friend and kinsman of the poet Persius. Early life… …
17Servilius Rullus — Publius Servilius Rullus Roman tribune of the people in 64 BC, proposed one of the most far reaching agrarian laws brought forward in Roman history.This law provided for the establishment of a commission of 10 members, empowered to purchase land… …
18United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
19Big Brother 8 (U.S.) — Big Brother  ◄ ►  Season 8 (2007) …
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