a. rare–1. [f. L. vetit-, ppl. stem of vetāre (see prec.) + -IVE.] Amounting to a veto.
1853. F. Lieber, Civil Liberty, xvii. 164. The only case in which our executives have a real vetitive power, is the case of pardon. Ibid., 320–1. Seeking for liberty merely or chiefly in a vetitive power of each class or circle, interest or corporation, upon the rest, as has been often proposed, and every time after a revolution, in modern times, would simply amount to dismembering, instead of constructing.
