Legal Definition and Related Resources of Apportion
Meaning of Apportion
Divide in proportion ; assign and distribute a share .
Synonyms of Apportion
verb
- administer
- adsignare
- allocate
- allot
- assign
- assort
- award
- carve up
- classify
- deal out
- delimit
- demarcate
- dispense
- dispertire
- disseminate
- distribuere
- distribute
- distribute proportionately
- divide
- divide according to rule
- divide into shares
- divide proportionately
- divide up
- dole out
- measure out
- mete
- mete out
- parcel out
- partition
- place in order
- portion out
- portion out equitably
- prorate
- set in order
- share
- split
- subdivide
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What does Apportion mean in American Law?
The definition of Apportion in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
See apportionment.
Meaning of Apportion in Political Science
A very basic notion of Apportion related to the United States’election law is provided here: To divide and assign something according to a plan
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