"Veto" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Lat. I forbid. The veto-power is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare hls refusal td assent to any bill or measure which has been passed by the legislature. It is either absolute or qualified, according as the effect of its exercise is either to destroy the blll flnal-ly, or to prevent its becoming law unless again passed by a stated proportion of votes or with other formalities, or the veto may he merely suspensive. See People v. Board of Coundlmen (Super. Buff.) 20 N. Y. Supp. 5L

The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or
prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an
interdiction.

A power or right possessed by one department of government to
forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another
department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested
in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by
the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the
Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of
the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.

To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a
legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an
appropriation bill.

A document or message communicating the reasons of the
executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also
veto message.