English Explanatory Dictionary

liberum veto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A parliamentary rule in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, allowing any dissenting member of the legislature to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed.
  2. Any system in which a single dissenting member can unilaterally block an action.

Word forms

liberum veto

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish liberum veto.

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