disallowance (English, noun)
expansion: disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)
Senses:
glosses: The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: disallowances
tags: plural