pocket veto
- A type of veto that happens indirectly when the person in executive authority chooses not to sign a piece of legislation, and the discontinuation of the legislature hinders its automatic implementation, typically after a period of ten days has passed
- The governor used a pocket veto to indirectly stop the passage of a controversial bill.
- By refraining from signing the legislation within the given time frame, a pocket veto was effectively exercised.
- Due to the adjournment of the legislature, the executive's non-action resulted in a pocket veto.
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