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Definition of Pocket veto
1. Noun. Indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it.
Definition of Pocket veto
1. Noun. (American English) A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket Veto
Literary usage of Pocket veto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development, and Function in the Government of by Edward Campbell Mason (1891)
"In 1833, however, Henry Clay assailed President Jackson's pocket veto of the bill
for the distribution of the proceeds of the public land, on the ground ..."
2. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"Designating and limiting funds receivable for revenue, reasons for applying pocket
veto, III, 282. Extension of charter of Bank of United States, II, 576. ..."
3. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The pocket veto—Jackson's defiance to nullification—His aversion to the United
States Bank—Party conventions—The tariff of 1833 quieted ..."
4. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The pocket veto—Jackson's defiance to nullification—His aversion to the United
States Bank—Party conventions—The tariff of 1833 quieted ..."
5. The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development, and Function in the Government of by Edward Campbell Mason (1891)
"In 1833, however, Henry Clay assailed President Jackson's pocket veto of the bill
for the distribution of the proceeds of the public land, on the ground ..."
6. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"Designating and limiting funds receivable for revenue, reasons for applying pocket
veto, III, 282. Extension of charter of Bank of United States, II, 576. ..."
7. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The pocket veto—Jackson's defiance to nullification—His aversion to the United
States Bank—Party conventions—The tariff of 1833 quieted ..."
8. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The pocket veto—Jackson's defiance to nullification—His aversion to the United
States Bank—Party conventions—The tariff of 1833 quieted ..."
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