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gerrymander collapse: an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage); divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

congressional district collapse: a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

borough collapse: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; one of the administrative divisions of a large city

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

municipal collapse: of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz; relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"

precinct collapse: a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

shire collapse: British breed of large heavy draft horse; a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

officialese collapse: the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure

burg collapse: colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"

municipality collapse: people living in a town or city having local self-government; an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

hamlet collapse: a community of people smaller than a village; the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

electorate collapse: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

privy council collapse: an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)

divan collapse: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall); a Muslim council chamber or law court; a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author); a Muslim council of state

kitchen cabinet collapse: an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government

town collapse: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team"; an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"

ward collapse: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"; a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections; a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another; United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913); English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920); English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

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