VETO

a term applied to the of a king or other chief magistrate officer to withhold his a ent to enactment of a law, Or, generally, one branch of the executive of a state to reject the bills, resolutions, or Luther ans}measures of other branches. The term originates in the power of the re-|tribunes of the plebs of ancient Rome the}/to declare their protest against any the} unlawful measure, which they did by The}pronouncing the word ‘veto’ (forbid). most | In Great Britain the power theoretically not| belongs to the crown. In the crown 1870] colonies the governor exercises the power. toj|In the U.S. the president can veto a pa ed | measure of Congre ; but not with stand the|ing his veto, the measure becomes law Act|/if subsequently carried by a two-thirds the] majority of each house. See PrasipenT to] 30’ E.), lake, Sweden; drained by Motala | to the Baltic; length, 80 miles. OC.