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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, law, politics
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noun
Any system in which a single dissenting member can unilaterally block an action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
Borrowed from Polish liberum veto.
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