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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Veto

Barış Bahçeci

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]
Article last updated:
November 2022

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024

Subject(s):
Legitimacy — Public interest — Executive power — Parliamentary systems — Presidential systems — Semi-presidential systems

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1 In constitutional law, ‘veto’ is a reactive legislative power (usually referred to as ‘presidential’ or ‘executive’ veto), which is applied by the head of the executive (president) before an act passed by a legislative assembly (legislative powers; legislative bodies). In general, the veto occurs as a disapproval, which is realized in three variants. 2 The first is the pocket veto, which is vetoing of a bill by an executive, by not acting in the time given by law (Black’s Law Dictionary 748). In this regard, the act is vetoed without being returned to the...
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