JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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the ability to approve a bill
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the ability to reject a bill
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the ability to ignore a law
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the ability to break a law
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Detailed explanation-1: -vetoed; vetoing. transitive verb. : to refuse to admit or approve : prohibit. also : to refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment or cause reconsideration.
Detailed explanation-2: -The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law is the veto.
Detailed explanation-3: -noun, plural ve·toes. Also called veto power (for defs. 1, 4). the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The power to say no or to stop an official action is called the Veto power.
Detailed explanation-5: -The word “veto” comes from the Latin for “I forbid".