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Referendum - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Referendum : (noun)
1: a legislative act is referred for final approval to a
popular vote by the electorate
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Referendum : \Ref`er*en"dum\, n.; pl. -da. [Gerundive fr. L.
referre. See Refer.]
The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon
by the legislative body to the body of voters, or electorate,
for approval or rejection, as in the Swiss cantons (except
Freiburg) and in various local governments in the United
States, and also in the local option laws, etc.; also, the
right to so approve or reject laws, or the vote by which this
is done. Referendum is distinguished from the mandate, or
instruction of representatives by the people, from direct
government by the people, in which they initiate and make the
laws by direct action without representation, and from a
plebiscite, or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by
a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a
representative or constituent body.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Referendum : \Ref`er*en"dum\ (r?f`?r*?n"d?m), n. [Gerundive fr. L.
referre. See Refer.]
1. A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his
government concerning a particular matter or point.
2. The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure
passed upon by a legislature.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REFERENDUM, international law. When an ambassador receives propositions
touching an object over which he has no sufficient power and he is without
instruction, he accepts it ad referendum, that is, under the condition that
it shall be acted upon by his government, to which it is referred. The note
addressed in that case to his government to submit the question to its
consideration is called a referendum.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Referendum |
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RaysFreedomHash: @Servindi: Mundo: 5 preguntas para el referéndum sobre los derechos de la Madre Tierra y el cambio climático http://bit.ly/87kFLU |
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Servindi: SERVINDI Mundo: 5 preguntas para el referéndum sobre los derechos de la Madre Tierra y el cambio climático http://bit.ly/4Hgmin |
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TamilDiaspora: @nkashokbharan Relax, Referendum is non binding even in Canada.I haven't received my polling card yet, don't know why I will vote 4 either:) |
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