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Meaning of "pocket veto" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POCKET VETO

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POCKET VETO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pocket veto is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POCKET VETO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pocket veto

A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in lawmaking that allows a president or other official with veto power effectively to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action.

Definition of pocket veto in the English dictionary

The definition of pocket veto in the dictionary is the action of the President in retaining unsigned a bill passed by Congress within the last ten days of a session and thus causing it to die. Other definition of pocket veto is any similar action by a state governor or other chief executive.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POCKET VETO

pocket
pocket battleship
pocket billiards
pocket borough
pocket calculator
pocket dictionary
pocket drive
pocket gopher
pocket money
pocket mouse
pocket-handkerchief
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocketable
pocketbike
pocketbook
pocketer
pocketful
pocketknife
pocketknives

WORDS THAT END LIKE POCKET VETO

absolute veto
Aneto
aweto
awheto
Barquisimeto
hereto
item veto
Leto
magneto
Orvieto
Pareto
Pico de Aneto
Soweto
Spoleto
thereto
Veneto
veto
whereto

Synonyms and antonyms of pocket veto in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pocket veto» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POCKET VETO

Find out the translation of pocket veto to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pocket veto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pocket veto» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

搁置否决权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

veto de bolsillo
570 millions of speakers

English

pocket veto
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेब वीटो
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فيتو الجيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

карманное вето
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pocket veto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পকেট ভেটো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poche veto
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Veto saku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tasche Veto
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

握りつぶし拒否権
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포켓 거부권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Veto saku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

túi quyền phủ quyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாக்கெட் வீட்டோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉकेट व्हिटो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cep veto
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

veto tasca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

weto kieszeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кишенькове вето
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buzunar veto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βέτο τσέπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sak veto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ficka veto
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pocket veto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pocket veto

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POCKET VETO»

The term «pocket veto» is normally little used and occupies the 146.579 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POCKET VETO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pocket veto» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pocket veto» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pocket veto

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POCKET VETO»

Discover the use of pocket veto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pocket veto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to the Constitution of India
Pocket Veto. When a Bill is presented to the President he may either give his assent or refuse to give his assent. The Constitution does not prescribe any time limit within which the President has to declare his assent. The President may simply ...
Sharma, Sharma B.k., 2007
2
The Presidential Veto
As table 3.1 showed, the pocket veto was used sparingly until after the Civil War ( though the same could be said of the regular veto). While some of the circumstances of regular veto use were hotly debated, the power itself was not questioned.
Robert J. Spitzer, 1988
3
ABA Journal
In Barnes the Court has been asked to determine the legality of President Reagan's pocket veto of a human rights certification law involving El Salvador. But before reaching that issue, the Court will have to determine whether public officials ...
4
ABA Journal
But now comes the pocket veto: "If any bill shall not be returned by the president within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress ...
5
The Democratic Constitution
Several actions by President Reagan reopened the pocket veto controversy when he experimented with pocket vetoes between the first and second sessions . One of these pocket vetoes was challenged by Congressman Mike Barnes, who  ...
Neal Devins Goodrich Professor of Law College of William and Mary, Congressional Research Service Library of Congress Louis Fisher Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers, 2004
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Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
392 pocket veto Pierce was a weak president in a time that cried out for leadership. Theodore Roosevelt called Pierce “a small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but ...
Facts On File, Incorporated, 2009
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ABA Journal
President's Powers . . . pocket veto The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed a district court decision holding invalid former President Nixon's use of a pocket veto to disapprove the Family Practice of  ...
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ABA Journal
The Court ruled that an interim adjournment of Congress at the end of a session prevented the return of a bill by President Coolidge, and it upheld his pocket veto. It is significant to note that while the Court drew no distinction between the types ...
9
Introduction To The Constitution Of India 5Th Ed.
Pocket Veto. When a Bill is presented to the President he may either give his assent or refuse to give his assent. The Constitution does not prescribe any time limit within which the President has to declare his assent. The President may simply ...
Sharma
10
Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and ...
Pocket veto In all presidential systems, the president is required to take some action on legislation passed by congress - either to promulgate or to veto it - within a prescribed time period. The period is generally ten or fourteen days, but in ...
Matthew Soberg Shugart, John M. Carey, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POCKET VETO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pocket veto is used in the context of the following news items.
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Effects of NLRB's Adoption of “Quickie Election” Rules
Legislative efforts to block the new rules failed as a result of President Obama's pocket veto in March, 2015. Business groups have filed two ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
2
A Breakdown of the Veto Dispute
It's important to note that contrary to reports hastily published in state newspapers, the Governor was not, in fact, engaging in a pocket veto, ... «The Maine Wire, Jul 15»
3
Maine Lawmakers Returning for Final Day of Work for the Year
LePage initially was attempting to “pocket veto” much of the legislation, but the law only allows pocket vetoes when the legislature adjourns. «Rapid News Network, Jul 15»
4
LePage loves waving veto pen, so why would he wait?
But the question remains about why he would choose to use a pocket veto on 19 bills still on his desk, given his past public grandstanding with ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Agree to Disagree: Comic relief courtesy of Gov. LePage and Mayor …
Similarly, did Gov. Paul LePage claim to “pocket veto” 70 bills even though the Constitution doesn't allow such an act until after the Legislature ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
6
Challenged By Mary Fallin, Paul LePage Fights Back to Be …
This session, Le Page let 19 bills pass without either or vetoing or signing them within 10 days, utilizing the so-called “pocket veto.” He claims ... «Blue Nation Review, Jul 15»
7
Maine becomes the 7th constitutional carry state
LePage went on to “pocket veto” 19 other bills, although the effectiveness of this maneuver is being debated by the state Legislature. “It was a ... «Guns.com, Jul 15»
8
Donald Trump Doesn't Stop Digging
Hole in His Pocket Veto: In a survey released Tuesday, the left-leaning Center for American Politics gave Maine its top ranking on a ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
9
New York to Get Special Prosecutor for Fatal Police Shootings
Cuomo vetoed it, not by announcing his opposition, but by allowing the bill to expire unsigned, using the "pocket veto," at the beginning of the ... «Reason, Jul 15»
10
LePage attempts to 'pocket veto' remaining bills
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has thrown a new wrench into the gears of the Legislature, this time with a move to “pocket veto” at ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»

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