• (n.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
Pse'phism noun [ Greek ... a decree, from ... to vote with a pebble, from ... pebble.] (Gr. Antiq.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J. P. Mahaffy. 
psephism A decree enacted by a vote of a public assembly, especially of the Athenians.