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‖ plebiscitum|pliːbɪˈsaɪtəm|
Pl. -a.
[L. plēbiscītum (also plēbis scītum, plēbi scītum, lit. an ordinance of the plebs), f. plēbis, genitive of plēbs the commons + scītum ordinance, decree, n. use of pa. pple. of sciscĕre to approve, vote for.]
1. In ancient Roman History, A law enacted by the Plebs assembled in the comitia tributa.
a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. i. vii. (1584) 6 The Emperours claime this tyrannicall power by pretence of that Rogation or plebiscitum, which Caius Cæsar or Octauius obtained. 1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 372 Within this period the Plebeians procured the Plebiscita to pass into Laws and to bind the Patritians, which was confirmed by Q. Hortentius the Dictator and from him called Lex Hortentia. 1774S. Hallifax Rom. Law 7.
2. = plebiscite 2.
1864Spectator 443 Physical force is not all on the side of the tyrants, nor does a plebiscitum invariably sanction only a crime. 1869Pall Mall G. 4 Aug. 2 If Louis Napoleon means to give the Liberal empire a fair trial, he will..‘go to the country’, not by the outworn and exploded device of a plebiscitum, but by a general election, conducted under the auspices of public liberty.
b. fig. An expression of popular opinion.
1859Kingsley Misc., Raleigh I. 105 A terrible plebiscitum has been passed in the West country against the betrayer of its last Worthy. |