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 Definitions of pocket veto  [ˈpɒk ɪtˌnaɪf]  

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Definition of 'pocket veto' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pocket veto
an automatic veto of a bill, occurring when Congress adjourns within the ten-day period allowed for presidential action on the bill and the president has retained it unsigned.

2.  pocket veto
a similar action on the part of any legislative executive.

Etymology:  (1835–45, Amer.)

Definition of 'pocket veto' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pocket veto
indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it

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