Portuguese Meaning of referendum
referendo
Other Portuguese words related to referendo
Nearest Words of referendum
- referendary => referendário
- referenced => referenciado
- reference work => Obra de referência
- reference system => sistema de referência
- reference point => ponto de referência
- reference manual => Manual de referência
- reference grid => grelha de referência
- reference frame => Referencial
- reference book => Livro de referência
- reference => referência
Definitions and Meaning of referendum in English
referendum (n)
a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
referendum (n.)
A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.
The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon by the legislative body to the body of voters, or electorate, for approval or rejection, as in the Swiss cantons (except Freiburg) and in various local governments in the United States, and also in the local option laws, etc.; also, the right to so approve or reject laws, or the vote by which this is done. is distinguished from the mandate, or instruction of representatives by the people, from direct government by the people, in which they initiate and make the laws by direct action without representation, and from a plebiscite, or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a representative or constituent body.
FAQs About the word referendum
referendo
a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorateA diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concer
boletim de voto,voto,ai,sim,sim,Voto por correspondência,não,não,não agrada,Votação secreta
No antonyms found.
referendary => referendário, referenced => referenciado, reference work => Obra de referência, reference system => sistema de referência, reference point => ponto de referência,
