Virginia plan

American  

[ver-jin-yuh plan] / vərˈdʒɪn yə ˌplæn /

noun

American History.

1. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

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Example Sentences

It’s reported jurisdictions in 15 states including West Virginia plan to use a mobile voting app for some voters before November, despite concerns from cybersecurity experts.

From Fox News • Apr. 22, 2020

Under the Virginia plan, the District would contribute $178 million and Maryland would give $167 million.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2018

"Full implementation of this plan will likely cost billions of new dollars," the Virginia plan read.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2010

Beyond providing staff lawyers, the West Virginia plan also enlists private attorneys to handle cases for poor people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such is the fundamental conception of our partly federal, partly national, government, which appears throughout the Virginia plan as well as in the Constitution which grew out of it.

From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John