Vetoed

Definition

When a president or other executive official rejects a proposed law, preventing it from becoming official. In the case of the Indian Removal Act, if Andrew Jackson had vetoed it, he would have stopped the act from being passed and enforced.

Related terms

Legislation: Laws or acts created by government officials to address specific issues or concerns.

Checks and Balances: A system in which different branches of government have powers that limit each other's actions to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.

Constitutionality: The quality of being in accordance with the Constitution; whether a law or action is allowed under the principles set forth in the Constitution.