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disallow Hist. 
v. invoke disallowance
See also: disallowance
- 1834 Neither does it deny the right of His Majesty's Government to disallow provincial acts, when they operate to the prejudice of other portions of the empire, or in contravention of treaties.
- 1958 Before Canada attained full autonomy, it was possible for the British Government--i.e., the Sovereign in Council--to disallow by Order in Council any act of the Canadian Parliament within two years of its original enactment. . . . In fact, only one Canadian Act was disallowed (in 1873) on the ground that the act was beyond the powers of the Parliament of Canada.
- 1834 Neither does it deny the right of His Majesty's Government to disallow provincial acts, when they operate to the prejudice of other portions of the empire, or in contravention of treaties.