Sentence example with the word 'plebiscite'

plebiscite

aye, constitutional referendum, division, graveyard vote, mandate, plebiscitum, preferential voting, referendum, secret ballot, straw vote, voice vote, write-in vote

Definition n. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

Last update: August 20, 2015


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Obliged to leave the city in 1848, he was restored by the Austrians in 1849; ten years later, on the 10th of August 1859, the representatives of Modena declared their territory part of the kingdom of Italy, and their decision was confirmed by the plebiscite of 1860.   [Please select]

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[39] This plebiscite is the most important of the concessions accorded to Germany in the Allies' Final Note, and one for which Mr.   [Please select]

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THE PLEBISCITE OF 1864 Every great revolution among Anglo-Saxon people--perhaps among all people--has produced strange types of dreamers.   [Please select]

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At the end of September, 1919, a plebiscite was held to determine whether Luxemburg should join the French or the Belgian Customs Union, which decided by a substantial majority in favour of the former.   [Please select]

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This obligation should lapse, nevertheless, in the event of the coal districts of Upper Silesia being taken from Germany in the final settlement consequent on the plebiscite.   [Please select]

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