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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pierre Willems
It contains a new opinion concerning the recruiting of the Senate; Willems does not admit that there were plebeian senators in the century following the expulsion of the kings.
It was by the exercise of the curule magistracies that the plebs entered the Senate, in fact after 354-200; a plebiscite proposed by the tribune Ovinius and accepted at the end of the fourth century hastened the introduction of the plebeians, and, in short, made the Senate an assembly of former magistrates.
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 PLEBISCITE - LoveToKnow Article on PLEBISCITE
In Roman constitutional law the plebiscitum was a decree enacted in tile assembly of the plebs, the comitia tribute, presided over by a plebeian magistrate.
The most familiar example of the use of the plebiscite in French history was in 1852, when the coup detat of 1851 was confirmed and the title of emperor was given to Napoleon III.
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 plebiscite on Encyclopedia.com
Bolivians voted in large number in a plebiscite to allow the government to
This more modern use of the plebiscite arose out of the French Revolution and the French Republic's policy of holding popular votes on the question of French annexation of a territory it had occupied.
Bolivians voted in large number in a plebiscite t
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 Encyclopedia [Definition]
August 2 - In a plebiscite Napoleon Bonaparte is confirmed as consul for life.
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 plebiscite - OneLook Dictionary Search
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plebiscite : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
plebiscite : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
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 A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --S--
The coal-rich German Saarland, governed by the League of Nations after World War I, restored by plebiscite to Germany in 1935 and situated in the French occupied zone after World War II, was finally restored again to Germany in 1959.
This was due to Konrad Adenauer's patient negotiation and the pooling of the French and German coal and steel industries in 1952 within the Monnet-inspired European Coal and Steel Community.
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 Denmark - encyclopedia article about Denmark.
Fearing German irredentism Denmark refused to consider the return of Holstein and insisted on a plebiscite concerning the return of Schleswig.
In 1920, following the plebiscite, Northern Schleswig was recovered by Denmark.
Despite its continued neutrality Denmark was invaded by Germany (Operation Weserübung), on April 9, 1940.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: History of Iraq
Although the monarch was legitimized and proclaimed King by a plebiscite in 1921, nominal independence was only achieved in 1932, when the British Mandate officially ended.
In 1927 huge oil fields were discovered near Kirkuk and brought economic improvement.
He obtained the throne by the influence of T.E. Lawrence.
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