pocket veto
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pocket veto

noun

Definition of POCKET VETO

: an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature
— pocket veto transitive verb

First Known Use of POCKET VETO

1842

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