ad referendum
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ad referendum
Latin
Example Sentences
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My journey has gained the time which would have been lost, if they had, on re-assembling here taken the thing ad referendum.
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
This report has been taken ad referendum by all the Provinces, except Overyssel, which has determined to vote as Holland shall vote, this being the principal maritime Province, and the other inland.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
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 Bowker, Richard Rogers
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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