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Meaning of PLEBISCITUM

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ple`bis*ci"tum\, n. [L., fr. plebs, plebis, common
people + scitum decree.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence
of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without
the intervention of the senate.

 

 

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