disallow

verb

Etymology: From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.

1. To refuse to allow.

   “The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.”

2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.

   “The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.”

   “England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.”

3. To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.