pocket veto

pocket veto
pock·et veto n: a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

pocket veto
n.
A president’s or governor’s method of rejecting a bill submitted by the legislature toward the end of a legislative session by simply refusing to accept or reject it and letting it die through inaction, rather than rejecting it outright with a veto.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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  • Pocket veto — A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in American federal lawmaking that allows the President to indirectly veto a bill. The U.S. Constitution requires the President to sign or veto any legislation placed on his desk within ten days (not… …   Wikipedia

  • pocket veto — noun indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it • Hypernyms: ↑veto * * * noun, pl ⋯ toes [count] US : a method that the President can use to prevent a bill from becoming a law by not signing the bill before the session of Congress ends * …   Useful english dictionary

  • pocket-veto — /pok it vee toh/, v.t., pocket vetoed, pocket vetoing. to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto. * * * …   Universalium

  • pocket veto — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pocket veto : singular pocket veto plural pocket vetos a method that the US President can use to stop a bill from becoming law, in which they keep the bill without signing it until it is too late to sign it …   English dictionary

  • pocket-veto — /pok it vee toh/, v.t., pocket vetoed, pocket vetoing. to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pocket-Veto — Der Begriff Pocket Veto beschreibt ein legislatives Manöver in der Gesetzgebung der Vereinigten Staaten, bei dem der Präsident ein Veto gegen ein Gesetz einlegen kann, ohne dass dieses vom Kongress überstimmt werden kann. Die Verfassung der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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