Plebiscite
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A submission to the popular vote of a law or governmental policy. PLEBISCITUM (Lat.) In Roman law. A law established by the people (plebs), on the proposal of a popular magistrate, as a tribune. Vicat; Calv. Lex.; Mackeld.
Civ. Law, §§ 27, 37.