A prohibition directed against some proposed act (4)

I believe the answer is:

veto

(Other definitions for veto that I've seen before include "Right to ban" , "negative result" , "Right of rejection" , "Stop" , "Reject - ban" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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