ad referendum
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ad referendum
Latin
Example Sentences
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The statement that Paraguay is a party to the Mexico City convention of 1902 seems a misapprehension arising from the fact that her representative signed ad referendum.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker
The proposition to the President being taken ad referendum, it became a subject of the deliberation of the sovereignty.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
Those of Amsterdam remain here, because they have no need of an ad referendum.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Jared Sparks
The Charge d'affaires who had received no instructions from St. Petersburg, took the discussion of the Secretary "ad referendum" with the promise to submit it immediately to Sasonow.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
"I beg leave now to request that y'r ludship will rescind the authority granted to Mr. Justin Carthew, and admit my client's petition ad referendum."
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
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