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.
The European debt crisis (often also referred to as the Eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis) is a multi-year debt crisis that has been taking place in the European Union since the end of 2009.