Definition of "reapportionment" [re•ap•por•tion•ment]

• The act of reapportioning or the state of being reapportioned. (noun)
• Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of U.S. congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution. (noun)

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• "House seats in reapportionment -- the most of any state."
• "Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment."
• "Black, infinitely more civilized but no less protective of his state and, by extension, of the dry laws both men supported, called reapportionment “unjust and unrighteous,” for favoring the cities over the countryside."