The Gallatin Election Day Battle took place on 6 August 1838, when about 200 people attempted to forcibly prevent Mormons from voting in the newly created county's first election. The skirmish is often cited as the opening event of the 1838 Mormon War.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: sovereign debt(Noun) The amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation.
âPakistanâs high level of public debt, with a large portion financed through short-term instruments, does make the sovereignâs ability to meet their financing needs more sensitive to market conditions,â Mervyn Tang, lead analyst for Pakistan at Fitch Ratings Ltd., told Bloomberg.