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apportionment

apportionment, n. 1. Division into proportionate shares; esp., the division of rights and liabilities between two or more persons or entities. 2. Tax law. The act of allocating or attributing moneys or expenses in a given way, as when a taxpayer allocates part of profits to a particular tax year or part of the use

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political question

political question. A question that a court will not consider because it involves the exercise of discretionary power by the executive or legislative branch of government. — Also termed nonjusticiable question. Cf. JUDICIAL QUESTION . [Cases: Constitutional Law 68. C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 176.]

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