| 释义 |
pocket veto  nounAn indirect veto of a legislative bill by the US president or a state governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.The use of the pocket veto does extend the president's authority at a domestic level....- Lincoln defeated the bill by a pocket veto, meaning he kept the bill unsigned for ten days, whereafter the bill became invalid.
- The pocket veto is absolute and it kills off a bill.
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