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Definition of Plebiscite
1. Noun. A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.
Definition of Plebiscite
1. n. A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
Definition of Plebiscite
1. Noun. A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plebiscite
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Medical Definition of Plebiscite
1. A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. Alternative forms: plebiscit] "Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French." (Fitzed. Hall) Origin: F. Plebiscite, fr. L. Plebiscitum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plebiscite
Literary usage of Plebiscite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"As the object of cession is sovereignty over plebiscite the ceded territory, all
such individuals domiciled thereon as are subjects of the ceding State ..."
2. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form of the plebiscite. ..."
3. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form- of the plebiscite. ..."
4. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form of the plebiscite. ..."
5. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"The system of the plebiscite is a very subtile bit of political deception.
Its dangerous points are, first, that the organization of the people in their ..."
6. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"It is to be hoped that the French democracy has finally 'worked itself clear of
the fallacy that the plebiscite is the proper form of organization of the ..."
7. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"THE COUP D'ETAT D. First Decree for the plebiscite. December 2, 1851. Duvergier,
Lois, LI, 476-477 ... R Second Decree for the plebiscite. December 4, 1851. ..."
8. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"As the object of cession is sovereignty over plebiscite the ceded territory, all
such individuals domiciled thereon as are subjects of the ceding State ..."
9. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form of the plebiscite. ..."
10. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form- of the plebiscite. ..."
11. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The 2nd of October had been named as the day for taking the plebiscite, ...
Proclamation of the Roman Giunta Fixing the Date and Form of the plebiscite. ..."
12. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"The system of the plebiscite is a very subtile bit of political deception.
Its dangerous points are, first, that the organization of the people in their ..."
13. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"It is to be hoped that the French democracy has finally 'worked itself clear of
the fallacy that the plebiscite is the proper form of organization of the ..."
14. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"THE COUP D'ETAT D. First Decree for the plebiscite. December 2, 1851. Duvergier,
Lois, LI, 476-477 ... R Second Decree for the plebiscite. December 4, 1851. ..."
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