Liberum Veto


Liberum Veto

 

the right of any member of the Sejm of the Rzeczpospolita (the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania) to annul by his protest the rulings of the Sejm; the requirement for the adoption of the decision was unanimity. The liberum veto was applied for the first time in 1652. In 1764, the Sejm voted to exclude economic questions from the liberum veto. The liberum veto was repealed altogether by the constitution of May 3, 1791.

REFERENCES

Konopczyński W. Liberum veto. Krakow, 1918.