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liberum veto
[ lib-er-uhm, lee-ber- ]
noun
- a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of liberum veto1
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Example Sentences
One dissentient on the council could bar any proposal—on the lines of the old Polish liberum veto (chapter xxxvi, 7).
The Diet was to be confederated, that the Poles might be deprived of their last resource, the liberum veto.
The liberum veto in Poland was the right of each representative to oppose the veto of the laws which were voted unanimously.
This right of separation is simply the liberum veto resuscitated for the benefit of federal institutions.
Konarski was the first who ventured publicly to assail the liberum veto.
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