Meaning of plebiscitum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
   Ancient-Rome
2. Synonym of plebiscite (“a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum”).

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Examples

“Still worse went it with another individual; doomed, by extempore Plebiscitum, to the Lanterne; […]”

“The propositions of M[axime] du Camp are as follows: […] 3. No war to be declared before it has been submitted to a plebiscitum of the nations preparing to take part in it.”

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