"liberum veto" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Polish liberum veto. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|la}}, {{bor+|en|pl|liberum veto}} Borrowed from Polish liberum veto Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} liberum veto
  1. (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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law, Politics, History of Poland
    Sense id: en-liberum_veto-en-noun-AxX02LLQ Disambiguation of History of Poland: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Topics: government, law, politics
  2. (by extension) Any system in which a single dissenting member can unilaterally block an action. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-liberum_veto-en-noun-Y3GRWyXv

Proper name [Polish]

IPA: /ˈli.bɛ.rum ˈvɛ.tɔ/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin līberum vetō. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|la|līberum vetō}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin līberum vetō Head templates: {{pl-prop|n|head=liberum veto|indecl=1}} liberum veto n (indeclinable)
  1. (historical, law, politics) liberum veto (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) Tags: historical, indeclinable, neuter Categories (topical): History of Poland, Law, Politics
    Sense id: en-liberum_veto-pl-name-iXNw-WgJ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, law, politics
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