ad referendum
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ad referendum
Latin
Example Sentences
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"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 Douglas, Hudson
The other cities have taken the proposition ad referendum; and the final resolution on it will be taken by the next Assembly.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
He selects such parts as he judges proper, and prints them, to be taken ad referendum, and laid before 504 the Regencies of the cities.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
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
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
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