apportionment
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Meaning
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.
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the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
According to a release issued by legislative leaders, the state will still have $600 million available in savings funds and through apportionment reforms and other flexibility measures to stabilize the FY 2022 budget when they reconvene next year.
Congress once again had the “power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Canaan thus incurs a further curse from Noah for disobeying the agreed apportionment of land.
Biproportional apportionment and dual member proportional representation mix the principles of local popularity and overall proportionality, but elect only district-level representatives.
Congress was dominated by southern Congressmen, as apportionment was based on three-fifths of the number of slaves being counted in population totals.