disallowanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)

1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
   • 1981 December 19, Andrew C. Irish, “Support For Gay Nurses”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 4:

     The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the 'disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.

2. (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

• (law, politics): disallowance and reservation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia