disallowance

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ allowance and disallow +‎ -ance; may be analyzed as dis- +‎ allow +‎ -ance

Noun

disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)

1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
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

Related terms

• allow
• allowance
• -ance
• dis-
• disallow

 

Further reading

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