How to pronounce “liberum veto”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (historical, law, politics) A parliamentary rule in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, allowing any dissenting member of the legislature to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed.
• (by extension) Any system in which a single dissenting member can unilaterally block an action.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

libretto, liberally, terremoto, clarinete, paramita, depravity, cabrito, elizaveta, abramovitz, supremity