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Definition of Reapportions
1. reapportion [v] - See also: reapportion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reapportions
Literary usage of Reapportions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Political Science Review (1918)
"In this case the New York court of appeals lays down the interesting rule that
when the legislature of a state reapportions the congressional districts of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... under the revised constitution of 1908, rearranges the senatorial districts
and reapportions the representatives among the counties and districts, ..."
3. Theories of Social Progress: A Critical Study of the Attempts to Formulate by Arthur James Todd (1918)
"But in general we must accept the principle that each successive age redistributes
its energies and reapportions by a pragmatic rule of division of labor, ..."
4. The Soul of the Russian Revolution by Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1917)
"The land is not his private property, but belongs to the entire community, which
reapportions it according to the number of " souls " in each family. ..."
5. A Winter in Madeira: And a Summer in Spain and Florence by John Adams Dix (1851)
"It determines every year the amount of the public expenditure, and reapportions
direct taxes. With the exception of such as are applicable to the ..."
6. Talks on Civics by Henry Holt (1901)
"But the community still owns all the land, just asit does among barbarians, and
reapportions it from time to time. T. What takes place as people progress ..."
7. A Study in School Supervision and Maintenance by Henry C. Fellow (1896)
"Duties — (a) Receives from the State Board semi-annually (July and January) his
county's apportionment of school fund, and reapportions this and the county ..."
8. The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"Congress makes the most equitable arrangement practicable each time it reapportions
the membership of the House upon the basis of the decennial census which ..."
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