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.
Learner's definition of DEBT. 1. [count] : an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc. He is trying to pay off gambling debts. The company has run up huge debts. Their debts are piling up. She's finally paid off her mortgage debt. [=the money that she owed the bank to pay for her house]