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PLEBISCITE (Lat. plebiscitum, a decre...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 834 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLEBISCITE (See also:Lat. plebiscitum, a See also:decree of the See also:plebs)  , a See also:term borrowed from the See also:French for a See also:vote of all the See also:electors in a See also:country taken on some specific question (see also See also:REFERENDUM) . The most See also:familiar example of the use of the See also:plebiscite in French See also:history was in 1852, when the coup d'etat of 1851 was confirmed and the See also:title of See also:emperor was given to See also:Napoleon III . In See also:Roman constitutional See also:law the plebiscitum was a See also:decree enacted in the See also:assembly of the See also:plebs, the See also:comitia See also:tribute, presided over by a plebeian See also:magistrate .

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