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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The power of a government executive, usually a governor, to veto some parts of a bill passed by the legislature while signing other portions into law.
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- noun the
power of anexecutive ingovernment to nullify or cancel specificprovisions of abill , usually budgetappropriations , withoutvetoing the entire legislative package.
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