My friend suggested it was a case of suspensive hyphenation, the construction in which the hyphenated compound pauses in midair, holding open a place till its other half comes along.
32.
The Senate ( but not the king ) had a suspensive veto over the laws that the Sejm passed, applicable until the next Sejm session, when it could be overruled.
33.
There is a distinction, then, between suspensive and resolutive conditions, with regard to their influence on " dies cedit " and " dies venit ".
34.
If the parties agree that the performance of obligations under the contract is not enforceable until a certain condition is fulfilled, that condition is a "'suspensive "'one.
35.
JCI accordingly bought up shares in Macduff, until it was the majority shareholder, and then voted against liquidation, deliberately obstructing the possibility of the occurrence of the suspensive condition in the contract.
36.
The President of France has only a very limited form of suspensive veto : when presented with a law, he or she can request another reading of it by the Assembly, but only once per law.
37.
On the question of the royal veto, Mirabeau took a practical view and, seeing that the royal power was already considerably weakened, declared for the king's absolute veto and against the suspensive veto.
38.
This issue is resolved by the application of the " cautio Muciana " ( attributed to Mucius Scaevola ) which turned the suspensive, negative and potestative condition into a resolutive, affirmative and potestative one.
39.
In the case of a suspensive condition, the operation of the obligation flowing from the contract is suspended, in whole or in part, pending the occurrence or non-occurrence of a particular specified event.
40.
For instance, at present, the House of Lords only has a power of suspensive veto; they may only delay legislation for one year, after which the House of Commons may pass it without the Lords'assent.
