pocket veto

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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

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The tradition was intended to give Senators a chance to flag a particular problem with a nominee that others might not know about, but it was never intended as an ideological pocket veto. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Senate Blue-Slip Bluster," 11 Oct. 2017 President Johnson almost let the bill die via pocket veto during Congress’s summer recess of 1966. — Spenser Mestel, Longreads, "My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request," 20 Sep. 2017

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The first known use of pocket veto was in 1842

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pocket veto

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English Language Learners Definition of pocket veto

US : a method that the President can use to prevent a bill from becoming a law by not signing the bill before the session of Congress ends

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pocket veto

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pock·et veto

Legal Definition of pocket veto

: a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days)