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Reapportionment   /rˌiəpˈɔrʃənmənt/   Listen
Reapportionment

noun
1.
A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).  Synonyms: reallocation, reallotment.






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"Reapportionment" Quotes from Famous Books



... borough members was haphazard and grossly inequitable. In the Unites States, and in many European countries, it is required by constitutional provision that following a decennial census there shall be a reapportionment of seats in the popular legislative chamber, the purpose being, of course, to preserve substantial equality among the electoral constituencies and, ultimately, an essential parity of political power among the voters. At no time, however, has there been in Great Britain either ...
— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... also the articles and propositions separately submitted at that election, including the question of locating the temporary seat of government, with such changes only as related to the name and boundary of the proposed State, to the reapportionment of the judicial and legislative districts, and such amendments as might be necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison



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