VETITUIVI NAlitIl7M (taw Lat.. Ce titum, forbidden,. namium, taking). Where the •of a lord distrisins‘beasts or goods of &nether,' and the lord' forbids- the bailiff to deliver theni when the sheriff col:nes:le Make replevin, the owner of the cattle; may de-' marasatisfaction in placitum de vetito namio. Colco,..qd Inst.140; Record.in• Thesaur. Scacc. ; 2 Shatswood;•Blackst. Comm. 148.
VETO (Lat.• I— forbid). A term in cluding: the refusal of the executive officer whose •assent is, necessary, to perfect a law which has been passed by the legislative body, find thein'eSsageWhich ia usually sent, stating iuch refliSat 'and the' reaion'S:therefOr.
Eithe constitution of,the United States govern ment, the president lies a power to..prevent the etnactrtient of XIV law') by refining MI:sign: the same after its passage, unless fit be:subsequently enacted by a vote of two-thirds of each house. U. S. Const. rte. 1, 7. When a bill id 'engraised, and- hag re
eeived the sanetion bethihoue.es; it is transmitted to the president for his approbation.. If he ap proves ,of it, he ,signs it. If.he.does.not,, be..supds it; with' his' objections; ie. the house Which it driginate4and that. house matte the objeotions on jotirnal. and procetda tb• recousiams the' hill. See Story, Const. 878; 1 Kent, Comm. 239, Similar powers arp possesseA.,hy the. geyernors of Many of 'tlie states. . . „.
The veto power er the IWitish sovereign has net been exereised. for mire ty, century. It was exercised once during th.e, reign of Queen Anne. 10 Edinburgh Rev. 411;,, arke, tea. 126. But anciently tho king:frequently:replied, Le roll s'avi sera, which was in effect withholding his assent. In Viance tlie' king, had the Of all laws, lnit not the veto... •See ToUllier, tin. S9, 42, 52, note 3.'