pocket veton.
/ˌpɒkɪt ˈviːtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɑkət ˈvidoʊ/, /ˌpɑkət ˈviˌtoʊ/ U.S. Politics.
An indirect veto of a legislative bill by the President, a state governor, etc., by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > veto > legislative or political > indirect
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1842 Ohio Statesman 19 Dec. 3/1 (heading) The pocket vetoes.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 74 If Congress adjourns within the ten days allowed the President for returning the bill, it is lost. His retaining it under these circumstances at the end of a session is popularly called a ‘pocket veto’.
1907 E. E. Sparks National Devel. xix. 339 He maintained his reputation for courage by..placing a pocket veto on an unprecedented number of bills at the end of the session.
1973 Time 25 June 20/3 As presidential counsel, he worked out the legal basis for Nixon's impoundment of funds, broad use of pocket vetoes and Executive privilege.
1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 3 Nov. a16/1 Amendment No. 3 would eliminate the ‘pocket veto’—the provision that legislation dies by default if the Governor fails to act on it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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