"Gerrymander" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A name given to the process of dividing a stnte or other territory into the authorized civil or political divl-sions, but with such a geographical arrange-ment as to accomplish a sinister or unlawful purpose, as, for instance, to secure a majority for a given political party in districts where the result would be otherwise if they were divided according to obvious natural lines, or to arrange school districts so that children of certain religions or nationalities shall be brought within one district and those of a different religion or nationality in another district. State v. whitford, 54 wis. 150, 11 N. W. 424
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice
of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give
a political party an advantage over its opponent.
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