Plebiscitum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plebiscitum \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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