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TIL about the Council of Revision (1777-1821), which was a legal body in NYS made up of the Governor, the Chancery Court Chancellor, and Supreme Court Justices. It reviewed all laws made by the legislature, and could veto them, if not overturned by 2/3rds majority.

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