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PLEBISCITUM Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Lat. In Roman law. A law enacted by the plebs or commonalty, (that Is, the citizens, with the exception of the patricians and senators,) at the request or on the proposition of a plebeian magis- trate, such as a “tribune.” Inst. 1, 2, 4.

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