New Jersey plan: Meaning and Definition of

New" Jer'sey plan"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist.
  1. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. Cf.
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