A veto – Latin for "I forbid" – is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. A veto can be absolute, as for instance in the United Nations Security Council, whose permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America) can block any resolution. Or it can be limited, as in the legislative process of the United States, where a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation. A veto gives power only to stop changes, not to adopt them (except for the rare "amendatory veto"). Thus a veto allows its holder to protect the status quo.
The concept of a veto body originated with the Roman consuls and tribunes. Either of the two consuls holding office in a given year could block a military or civil decision by the other; any tribune had the power to unilaterally block legislation passed by the Roman Senate.
The institution of the veto, known to the Romans as the intercessio, was adopted by the Roman Republic in the 6th century BC to enable the tribunes to protect the interests of the plebs (common citizenry) from the encroachments of the patricians, who dominated the Senate. A tribune's veto did not prevent the senate from passing a bill, but meant that it was denied the force of law. The tribunes could also use the veto to prevent a bill from being brought before the plebeian assembly. The consuls also had the power of veto, as decision-making generally required the assent of both consuls. If one disagreed, either could invoke the intercessio to block the action of the other. The veto was an essential component of the Roman conception of power being wielded not only to manage state affairs but to moderate and restrict the power of the state's high officials and institutions.
VETO is a Danish indie rock band formed in 2004. They released their first EP, I Will Not Listen, in 2005 and their first full-length album, There's A Beat In All Machines, in 2006, both released on the Danish hip hop label, Tabu Records/Playground Music Denmark.
In February 2007 VETO won the award for Best New Act, as well as Best Danish Music Video at Danish Music Awards.
Their song "You Are A Knife" was featured briefly in the American television program NCIS episode "Suspicion".
VETO's second album is called Crushing Digits and was released 5 May 2008. The first single for the album, "Built to Fail", was released in March 2008 and received heavy airplay as "Ugens Uundgåelige" (Unavoidable of the week) on the public service radio channel DR P3.
The band was awarded Danish Band of the Year at the Danish Music Awards 2009.
The band's third studio album, entitled Everything is Amplified, was released February 25, 2011.
Veto is the power to stop an action
Veto may also refer to:
She asks for more and I give less
Why can't she see it's obvious
I mean no but she takes yes
I make it clear but she don't guess
She comes round it gets me down
But she don't catch a hint I drop
She turns up it turns me off
And she don't know when to stop
What am I supposed to do?
How to gently break the news?
How to get the message through?
Perhaps I should just fade away
She asked me out and I gave in
Then she gave out and I felt mean
I really want no more of us
So I stay home, she comes across
She comes round I turn her down
But she bounces back again
She comes on I turn her off
But she don't get what's really plain
What am I supposed to do?
Got to get the message through
Got to make her see the truth
I wish she would just fade away
Do you want to know do I love you?
The answer's no
Is that straight enough for you?
She asked for it I told her flat
That I don't want no more of that
I've really had you up to here
And I don't even like you near
If you come round I won't be in
I can't stand to see your face
If we meet up then count me out
Why don't you just fade away?
Fade away
When love's not love
When love's not love
When love's not love