legislative apportionment
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Black's law dictionary.
HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A..
1990.
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legislative apportionment — or legislative delimitation Process by which representation is distributed among the constituencies of a representative assembly. In ancient Athens, every citizen represented himself, but throughout most of history representation has been… … Universalium
legislative apportionment — Amend. XIV, No. 2, of U.S. Const, provides that representatives to congress shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state. Equal protection under the… … Black's law dictionary
apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… … Black's law dictionary
apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… … Black's law dictionary
legislative districting — The apportionment or division of a legislative body into territorial districts. See apportionment legislative apportionment reapportionment … Black's law dictionary
legislative districting — The apportionment or division of a legislative body into territorial districts. See apportionment legislative apportionment reapportionment … Black's law dictionary
apportionment — I noun administration, allocation, allotment, allowance, assignment, assignment in proportion, consignment, disposition, distribution, division, division in proportion, doling out, issuance, just division, measuring out, meting out, partition,… … Law dictionary
Apportionment in the European Parliament — relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union. The Parliament s apportionment is are not strictly in accordance with the population of the states, rather they are distributed… … Wikipedia
Apportionment (politics) — Part of the Politics series Elections Allotment (sortition) … Wikipedia
Apportionment paradox — An apportionment paradox exists when the rules for apportionment in a political system produce results which are unexpected or seem to violate common sense. To apportion is to divide into parts according to some rule, the rule typically being one … Wikipedia
