unit rule

noun

Definition of unit rule

: a rule under which a delegation to a national political convention casts its entire vote as a unit as determined by a majority vote

Examples of unit rule in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Between 1962 and ’64, a series of Supreme Court rules struck down state-level malapportionment schemes like Georgia’s county unit rule. — Rick Perlstein, The New Republic, "The Trump Era Was Always Going to End in Violence," 20 Jan. 2021 The more flexible approaches to parking are an improvement over rigid space-per-unit rules, Hart said. — Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, "Study finds 30 percent of parking spaces in new apartment buildings are going unused," 24 July 2019

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