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consulta

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From Italian consulta and Spanish consulta, attested in English since the eighteenth century. Doublet of consult.

noun consultas

An official meeting or consultation. One method that has been carried out by the Zapatistas and by their sympathizers is the practice of consulta, referendum, and plebisite.[…] A consulta has to do with voting, but it is voting that takes place alongside debate between different people.
The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency. The magistrates of each province also send a procuratour to the general consulta; and when all the procuratours are assembled at Corte,[…] may proceed to the election of the president and oratour of the general consulta.
The minutes or report of such a government council. the council of Indies sent […] their consulta relative to my colony. In this consulta, bearing the date of 26th November, 1819, his majesty was advised of the unanimous decision of the council, in favor of a grant to me in Mexico

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@misc{consulta_2026,
  title = {consulta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consulta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}