ten days
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 279 U.S. 655 - Okanogan Methow San Poelis Nespelem Colville and Lake Indian Tribes or Bands of State of Washington v. United States · 1929Most cited · 299 citing opinions
calendar days, and not legislative days; that the President cannot return a bill with his objections to the House in which it originated except by returning it to the House while in session; that if, by reason of an adjournment taken by Congress within the prescribed time, the House in which the bill originated be not in session on the last of such days and the bill cannot be thus returned, the President is thereby prevented from returning the bill within
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