consulta

Noun

consulta (plural consultas)

1. 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.2009, Kara Zugman Dellacioppa, This Bridge Called Zapatismo, page 116
2. 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.1768, James Boswell, edited by Boulton, James & T. O. McLoughlin, An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to That Island, annotated edition of original by Boswell, published 2006, page 97
3. 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 Mexico1824, Richard Raynal Keene, Letter of vindication to Colonel Munroe, President of the United States, page 55