Baker v. Carr Vocabulary
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injunction
a court order to cease or refrain from a particular action
at large
election system by which voters of a state or other region elect officials who represent the area as a whole, not separate districts
jurisdiction
legal right of a court to act in a particular case
justiciable
referring to something that is subject to legal or court action
apportionment
the distribution of representatives among states or legislative districts
reapportionment
the redistribution of legislative seats among voting districts, usually because of changes in population