Origin of a vague memory.

[Bored & Confused]

Can someone help jog my gourd? I keep remembering snippets of a form of government I must have read about somewhere. I am not sure if it was fiction, an ancient civilization, or maybe just some proposed system of government I happened to skim in some forgotten forum. In this system of government, statesmen who wished to introduce a new law would place a ligature around their neck so that, should the measure fail to pass, the rest of the body would strangle to death the one who proposed it. I think the reason was to stop unwanted laws from being reintroduced over and over again after being rejected. I've tried searching for it if I get a chance when I remember it, but have had no luck sourcing it. I would be very much appreciative if anyone with knowledge of this could provide more information, or just call me retarded because this doesn't exist in any way, shape, or form.

Thank you.

 

[pink cupcake frosting]

Sounds strangely like Khazar Khaganate.