Suffrage
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Aid; advice; assistance. Also, — and this has become by far the most important signification, — an advisory opinion; a vote. The right of suffrage is the right of the common people to vote upon the choice of officers and upon fundamental questions of government.