disallowance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance
Noun[edit]
disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)
- The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
- (law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation.
- Coordinate term: reservation
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Further reading[edit]
- (law, politics):
disallowance and reservation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
