plebiscitum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

plēbiscītum (also separately plēbi scītum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58), i. n. (abl. plebis scitu, Decret. ap. Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3) [plebs-scitum],

a decree or ordinance of the people (opp.: senatus consultum), Cic. Dom. 17, 44; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4: plebis scitum igitur est secundum eum Capitonem lex quam plebes, non populus, accipit, Gell. 10, 20, 6; cf. plebs, I., and scitum, s. v. scisco, P. a.

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