Qualified negative

(Legislation) a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive.
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See also: Qualified

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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