liberum veto

American  

[lib-er-uhm, lee-ber-] / ˈlɪb ər əm, ˈli bər- /

noun

1. a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.

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Etymology

Origin of liberum veto

1785–95; < Latin līberum, neuter of līber free

Example Sentences

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liberum veto

Konarski was the first who ventured publicly to assail the liberum veto.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson

The Diet was to be confederated, that the Poles might be deprived of their last resource, the liberum veto.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd

A Diet, convoked under the forms of a confederacy, in order to avoid dissolution by the liberum veto, was obliged to sanction this partition.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes

A diet held by a confederacy was not subject to the liberum veto, but adopted decisions by a majority vote.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes

The liberum veto was abolished; confederations were prohibited as inconsistent with the genius of the constitution; and it was provided, that, after every quarter of a century, the constitution should be revised and amended.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various