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

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