to use a veto
1veto — ve‧to [ˈviːtəʊ ǁ toʊ] verb [transitive] LAW to officially refuse to allow something to happen, especially something other people have agreed: • An attempt to use £35 million to strengthen the bank s capital was vetoed by bank regulators. veto… …
2Veto — For other uses of Veto , see Veto (disambiguation). A veto, Latin for I forbid , is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation. Veto: An emphatic prohibition of any …
3veto — n. 1) to exercise, impose, use a veto 2) to sustain a veto 3) to override a veto (Congress overrode the President s veto) 4) a pocket veto 5) (legal) a heckler s veto 6) a veto of, over * * * [ viːtəʊ] impose over …
4veto — ve|to1 [ˈvi:təu US tou] v past tense and past participle vetoed present participle vetoing third person singular vetoes [T] 1.) if someone in authority vetoes something, they refuse to allow it to happen, especially something that other people or …
5veto — 1. noun /ˈviːtəʊ,ˈviːtoʊ/ a) A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. b) An invocation of that right. 2. verb /ˈviːtəʊ,ˈviːtoʊ/ To use a veto against …
6Veto — Ve to, n.; pl. {Vetoes}. [L. veto I forbid.] [1913 Webster] 1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. [1913 Webster] This contemptuous veto of her husband s on any intimacy with her family. G. Eliot. [1913… …
7veto message — Veto Ve to, n.; pl. {Vetoes}. [L. veto I forbid.] [1913 Webster] 1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. [1913 Webster] This contemptuous veto of her husband s on any intimacy with her family. G. Eliot. [1913… …
8veto — 01. The President has power of [veto] in the American political system. 02. The boss has [vetoed] our plans to expand the Research and Development Department, due to financial constraints. 03. The board has indicated it will [veto] the decision… …
9veto — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective ▪ government, gubernatorial (AmE), presidential ▪ line item (AmE) ▪ The Governor used a line item veto to eliminate a $1 m …
10Use of force by states — The use of force by states is controlled by both customary international law and by treaty law. The UN Charter reads in article 2(4):All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the… …
