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Noun Concept
Categories: Veto, United States law
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pocket veto
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Indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it WordNet 3.0
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Indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action, thus effectively killing the bill without affirmatively vetoing it. Wikipedia
A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed. Wiktionary
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veto
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pocket-veto, Pocket Veto, Vest pocket veto

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