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veto power

power to unilaterally stop an official action
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Summary

veto power is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of legal term or legal concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,667 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: power[3], action[4]
  • Part of: legislative process[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Veto[6]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[7], Otto's encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], New International Encyclopedia[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[14]
  • Different from: Vetto[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

veto power has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Vetto

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/veto
    Harper's tag → veto
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/veto"
  2. 14w ago · ~2026-36985-58 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → veto, vetorett
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: vetorett"
  3. 19w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related image → President William J. Clinton Signing Line Item Veto Letters
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Related image: President William J. Clinton Signing Line Item Veto Letters - NARA - 77861673.jpg"
  4. 20w ago · PerspicaciousLeo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85143088
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85143088, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779427361939"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → legislative process
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Vetto
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1911132
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 15571, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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