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referendum petition<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(ref-e-ren’dum)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A petition by a specified number of electors requesting that proposed or enacted legislation, as the case\u00a0an may be, be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

referendum<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(ref-e-ren’dum)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The power reserved to he the people at their own option to approve or reject at the polls an act of the legislature.<\/strong>\u00a0 28 Am J Rev 1g ed Init & R \u00a7 2<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

2. The power of the residents of 3 er municipality to approve or reject at the polls any er act of the municipal legislative body. 37 Am Jlst ar Mun Corp \u00a7 204<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. The determination of questions as to certain existing or proposed legislation by reference to a vote of the people, employed in determining questions covering wide ranges, among the\u00a0\u00a0more general of which are the adoption of municipal charters, the location of county seats and the incurring of municipal indebtedness.\u00a0 State ex rel.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Birchmore v State Canvassers<\/em>, 78 SC 461, 59 SE 145<\/strong><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

4. The submission of an act of the legislature to the people for approval or rejection in an election.\u00a0 The submission of a foreign ambassador to his government of a proposition in reference to which he requires further authority from his government in\u00a0 order to act in the particular matter.
\nProvision made by a state legislature for a convention to pass upon a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution is not a legislative act, and is therefore not <\/span>within<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0the provisions of the state Constitution for a referendum of any act of the legislature.\u00a0 State ex rel. Tate v Sevier<\/em>, 333 Mo 662, 62 \u201c SW2d 895, 87 ALR 1315<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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referendum measure<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A measure which has been enacted in due form by the state legislature and thereafter referred to and adopted by the people in whole or in part at an election held for that purpose.\u00a0 Tesoriere v Second Judicial Dist<\/em>. 50 Nev 302, 258 P 291<\/span><\/strong>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1<\/span><\/strong>]:\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0with Pronunciations
\n<\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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