Roy (Le) [or la Reine] sʹavisera.

This is the royal veto, last put in force March 11, 1707, when Queen Anne refused her assent to a Scotch Militia Bill.

During the agitation for Catholic emancipation, George III. threatened a veto, but the matter was not brought to the test.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Rout (A)
Routiers
Rove
Row (rhyme with now)
Rowdy (rhyme with cloudy)
Rowena
Rowland
Rowley (Thomas)
Rowned in the Ear
Roxburghe Club
Roy (Le) [or la Reine] savisera
Royal Arms
Royal Goats (The)
Royal Merchant
Royal Road to Learning
Royal Titles
Royston (Herts)
Rozinante
Ruach
Rub
Rubber of Whist (A)