Plebiscite

(ple-bis'se-te.) [From L. pleb is-citum, a decree of the people.] Among the Romans, an enactment made by the plebs, comitia, or a embly of the tribes, on the rogation of a tribune. In course of time pleb is cit a acquired the force of laws. The term has been revived in modern France to expre a decree of the nation obtained by universal suffrage. [s. 716]