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Definition: Pocket Veto |
Pocket VetoNoun1. Indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Pocket VetoSynonym: Veto. (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
If Congress is in session and the president does not sign the bill, it becomes law without his approval. If it is not in session, the bill is killed by the pocket veto.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pocket veto."
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Economic History | Nicaragua | In 1995, the executive and legislative branches negotiated a reform of the 1987 Sandinista constitution which gave impressive new powers and independence to the legislature--the National Assembly--including permitting the Assembly to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote and eliminating the president's ability to pocket veto a bill. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pocket veto | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "pocket veto"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | veto indirecto. (various references) | |
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"Pocket Veto" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pocet veto. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-o-o-p-t-t-v" | |
-4 letters: pocket. | |
-5 letters: cooee, coopt, covet, evoke, octet, pekoe, petto, poove, potto, topee. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 63 6B 65 74 56 65 74 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110100 00100000 01010110 01100101 01110100 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o c k e t   V e t o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0063 006B 0065 0074 0056 0065 0074 006F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508169777186256718681 |
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