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Several distinct principles of law
Proportionality is a general principle in law which covers several separate (although related) concepts: The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion
Proportionality_(law)
Property of two varying quantities with a constant ratio
are proportional or directly proportional if their corresponding elements have a constant ratio. The ratio is called coefficient of proportionality (or
Proportionality_(mathematics)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up proportionality, proportion, or proportional in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proportionality, proportion or proportional may refer to: Proportionality
Proportionality
Fundamental physical law of electromagnetism
the force between the balls and derive his inverse-square proportionality law. Coulomb's law states that the electrostatic force F 1 {\textstyle \mathbf
Coulomb's_law
Type of mixed electoral system
systems designed to achieve proportionality are still called MMP, even if they generally fall short of full proportionality in practice. In this case,
Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member_proportional_representation
Type of punishment
degree of deterrence. Law portal Society portal Capital punishment Cycle of violence Eye for an eye Penal harm Proportionality (law) "Two wrongs make a
Retributive_justice
Relationship between pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume
sometimes refers to the proportionality of the volume of a gas to its absolute temperature at constant pressure. The latter law was published by Gay-Lussac
Gay-Lussac's_law
Astronomical principle
best-known relation is the direct proportionality law holding for Classical Cepheid variables, sometimes called the Leavitt Law. Discovered in 1908 by Henrietta
Period-luminosity_relation
Local pressure deviation caused by a sound wave
p_{2}={\frac {r_{1}}{r_{2}}}\,p_{1}.} The inverse-proportional law for sound pressure comes from the inverse-square law for sound intensity: I ( r ) ∝ 1 r 2 . {\displaystyle
Sound_pressure
Legal term for compensation awarded for loss or injury
In common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award
Damages
Psychophysics of varying the intensity of a stimulus
another proportionality constant. Plugging in the JND, d S = d S J N D {\displaystyle dS=dS_{JND}} , we see the proportionality constant in Weber's law is
Weber–Fechner_law
Voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
reduces proportionality in list systems, and any insufficiency in the number of levelling seats reduces proportionality in mixed-member proportional (MMP)
Proportional_representation
Relation between peak wavelengths of black body radiation and temperature
unit frequency or per proportional bandwidth, one must use a different proportionality constant. However, the form of the law remains the same: the peak
Wien's_displacement_law
Law of electrical current and voltage
to the voltage across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance, one arrives at the three mathematical equations used
Ohm's_law
Court-enforced rights or penalties
a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or
Legal_remedy
Physical laws describing gases
is a proportionality constant (which is not the same as the proportionality constants in the other equations in this article). Gay-Lussac's law, Amontons'
Gas_laws
Physical law on the emissive power of black body
σ T 4 . {\displaystyle M^{\circ }=\sigma \,T^{4}.} The constant of proportionality, σ {\displaystyle \sigma } , is called the Stefan–Boltzmann constant
Stefan–Boltzmann_law
Damages assessed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct
the Supreme Court carved out a notable exception to this rule of proportionality in the case of TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp., where
Punitive_damages
Physical law
Gauss's law Inverse proportionality Kepler problem Kepler's laws of planetary motion Multiplicative inverse Principle of similitude Square–cube law Telecommunications
Inverse-square_law
Relation between gas pressure and volume
proportionally, and vice versa. Boyle's law is named after Robert Boyle, who published the original law in 1662. An equivalent law is Mariotte’s law,
Boyle's_law
Gas law regarding proportionality of dissolved gas
equilibrium to its partial pressure above the liquid. The proportionality factor is called Henry's law constant. It was formulated by the English chemist William
Henry's_law
Legal remedy taking away a benefit wrongfully obtained
and unjust enrichment is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery. In contrast with damages (the law of compensation), restitution is a claim
Restitution and unjust enrichment
Restitution_and_unjust_enrichment
Value of a communication network in terms of its connections
{\displaystyle n^{2}} proportionality for small values of n {\displaystyle n} and n log n {\displaystyle n\log n} proportionality for large values of
Metcalfe's_law
Principle in international conflict law
Combatant Proportionality (law) Military necessity Human shield (law) Indiscriminate attack Law of war (also known as international humanitarian law or law of
Distinction_(law)
Designation in humanitarian law
prohibited under international law. Risk to civilians does not bar military action, but the principle of proportionality requires that precautions be taken
Human_shield_(law)
Harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance
Honor killing Just-world fallacy Karma Lawsuit Nemesis (mythology) Proportionality (law) Punishment Reprisal Retributive justice Revenge dress Schadenfreude
Revenge
Singaporean legal doctrine
doctrine of proportionality in place of the Wednesbury unreasonableness test. Additionally, proportionality is applied in respect of European Union law. Given
Wednesbury unreasonableness in Singapore law
Wednesbury_unreasonableness_in_Singapore_law
Classical statement of gravity as force
constant, Newton did not use this constant or formula, he only discussed proportionality. That was sufficient to show that the gravity of the Earth on the Moon
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's_law_of_universal_gravitation
Laws in physics about force and motion
Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws, which
Newton's_laws_of_motion
Concept in missile guidance systems
Proportional navigation (also known as PN or Pro-Nav) is a guidance law (analogous to proportional control) used in some form or another by most homing
Proportional_navigation
International regulations of warfare
military necessity and proportionality; and the prohibition of certain weapons that cause unnecessary or excessive suffering. The law of war is considered
Law_of_war
Functional relationship between two quantities
\propto } denotes direct proportionality. That is, scaling by a constant c {\displaystyle c} simply multiplies the original power-law relation by the constant
Power_law
Irish Supreme Court case
Equality, and Law Reform [2010] IESC 3; [2010] 2 IR 701; [2011] 2 ILRM 157, the Supreme Court of Ireland found that the proportionality test should be
Meadows v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Meadows_v_Minister_for_Justice,_Equality_and_Law_Reform
Principles applied by European courts
Law include fundamental rights, proportionality, legal certainty, equality before the law, primacy of European Union law and subsidiarity. In Case T-74/00
General principles of European Union law
General_principles_of_European_Union_law
Person who is not a member of a military
community. Law of war, also known as international humanitarian law (IHL) Non-combatant Distinction (law) Precautionary principle Proportionality (law) Geneva
Civilian
Right of a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages awarded
In United States law, treble damages is a term that indicates that a statute permits a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to
Treble_damages
Mathematical descriptions of molecular diffusion
concentration (diffusive flux) is directly proportional to the particle's concentration gradient. Fick's second law: Prediction of change in concentration
Fick's_laws_of_diffusion
Principle of international law of war
necessity, along with distinction and proportionality, is one of three key principles of international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in
Military_necessity
Justice to those who have committed crimes
maintaining the rule of law within society. The first contact a defendant has with the criminal justice system is usually with the police (or law enforcement) who
Criminal_justice
Type of spring
balls, he showed that it followed an inverse-square proportionality law, now known as Coulomb's law. To measure the unknown force, the spring constant
Torsion_spring
reasonably associated with, or related to, actual damages. In American commercial law, incidental damages are a seller's commercially reasonable expenses incurred
Incidental_damages
Scientific law describing absorption of light
of proportionality μ was often termed the "optical density" of the body. As long as μ is constant along a distance d, the exponential attenuation law, I
Beer–Lambert_law
Legal concept
Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, reparation include the following forms: restitution
Reparation_(legal)
Legal process
equitable remedies in common law countries. In many common law countries, there are two concurrent processes, tracing at common law and tracing in equity. However
Tracing_(law)
Rights restrictions for criminals, such as voting or gun ownership rights
directly by the courts as a result of the conviction. In Canada, criminal law is a federal matter, set out in the Criminal Code. Restrictions can be placed
Loss of rights due to criminal conviction
Loss_of_rights_due_to_criminal_conviction
Financial penalty
or mulct (the latter synonym typically used in civil law) is a penalty of money that a court of law or other authority decides has to be paid as punishment
Fine_(penalty)
Multi-winner electoral system
another. STV is a family of multi-winner proportional representation electoral systems. The proportionality of its results and the proportion of votes
Single_transferable_vote
In law, reliance damages measure the compensation to be given to a person who has suffered an economic harm through acting in reliance on a party who
Reliance_damages
Physical laws of electrochemistry
m\propto Q\quad \implies \quad {\frac {m}{Q}}=Z} Here, the constant of proportionality, Z, is called the electro-chemical equivalent (ECE) of the substance
Faraday's laws of electrolysis
Faraday's_laws_of_electrolysis
Use of punishment as a threat to deter people from offending
how severe a punishment can be imposed because of the principle of proportionality: the severity of the punishment should be roughly proportionate to
Deterrence_(penology)
2021 Supreme Court of the United Kingdom case
assessing proportionality. The Supreme Court set out other factors that were relevant for the trial court to consider when evaluating proportionality, including
DPP_v_Ziegler
Target deemed valid for attack by belligerent
(law) Non-combatant Civilian Indiscriminate attack Law of war (also known as international humanitarian law) Military necessity Proportionality (law)
Legitimate_military_target
Physical constant relating particle kinetic energy with temperature
The Boltzmann constant (kB or k) is the proportionality factor that relates the average relative thermal energy of particles in a gas with the thermodynamic
Boltzmann_constant
Legal concept
damages are a potential type of expectation damages that arise in contract law. When a contract is breached, the recognized remedy for an owner is recovery
Consequential_damages
Control loop feedback mechanism
A proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller, or three-term controller, is a feedback-based control loop mechanism commonly used to manage machines
PID_controller
Type of legal remedy
In trust law, a constructive trust is an equitable remedy imposed by a court to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights due to
Constructive_trust
American electronics researcher (1888–1970)
1970. IRE Medal of Honor, 1946, for his oscillator and information proportionality law. This was an award from the Institute of Radio Engineers which later
Ralph_Hartley
Physical law relating thermal and electrical conductivities
a metal is proportional to the temperature (T). κ σ = L T {\displaystyle {\frac {\kappa }{\sigma }}=LT} Theoretically, the proportionality constant L
Wiedemann–Franz_law
1997 United States Supreme Court case
not constitutionally enact RFRA because the law was not designed to have "congruence and proportionality" with the substantive rights that the Court had
City_of_Boerne_v._Flores
Force needed to pull a spring grows linearly with distance
proportional to the stress applied to it. However, since general stresses and strains may have multiple independent components, the "proportionality factor"
Hooke's_law
Empirical law of partial pressures
gas laws Gay-Lussac's law – Relationship between pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume Henry's law – Gas law regarding proportionality of
Dalton's_law
Court-ordered change to a written document
construction principle of misnomer is also available under English law. In Scots Law, unlike English law above, did not traditionally recognise the remedy of rectification
Rectification_(law)
Topics referred to by the same term
Force" (Daredevil: Born Again), an episode of Daredevil: Born Again Proportionality (law) Use of force continuum This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Excessive Force (disambiguation)
Excessive_Force_(disambiguation)
Laws describing planetary orbits
nome de ce célebre Inventeur; ..." (One called this law of areas proportional to times (the law of Kepler) as well as that of para. 892, by the name
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion
Electronic device
In electronic signal processing, a square law detector is a device that produces an output proportional to the square of some input. For example, in demodulating
Square-law_detector
Financial penalty imposed by a government agency as restitution for wrongdoing
mess as would a private landowner, and to bring the complaint to a court of law, if necessary. Civil penalties occupy a strange place in some legal systems
Civil_penalty
UK counter-terrorism strategy
attacks, ensuring they are used proportionately and appropriately. Proportionality (law) must be considered when using broader powers for terrorism investigations
CONTEST
Federal parliament of Germany
by first-past-the-post voting. The second votes are used to produce proportionality with respect to the total number of 630 seats; first at the federal
Bundestag
Legal process for seizing assets
frustrate a potential judgment. It is widely recognised in other common law jurisdictions and such orders can be made to have world-wide effect. It is
Asset_freezing
Standard of judicial review in US constitutional law
Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006), allowing religious use of illegal drugs Proportionality (law) Undue burden standard Currie, Peter M. (2006–2007). "Restricting
Strict_scrutiny
Equation describing the flow of a fluid through a porous medium
forces and in a homogeneously permeable medium, is given by a simple proportionality relationship between the volumetric flow rate Q {\displaystyle Q}
Darcy's_law
abuse of discretion". Nebraska law requires that the state supreme court "must review murder sentences for proportionality upon appeal". The court "is vested
Murder_in_Nebraska_law
Legal determination of the rights, duties, or obligations of parties to a civil dispute
yet been filed; or when a party or parties believe that their rights under law and/or contract might conflict; or as part of a counterclaim to prevent further
Declaratory_judgment
Limitations in lawsuits
of other common law jurisdictions, civil juries do not exist in the majority of common law jurisdictions and virtually all civil law jurisdictions, where
Non-economic_damages_caps
Act violating the laws of war
or ethnic cleansing), and flouting the requirements of distinction, proportionality and military necessity. The formal concept of war crimes emerged from
War_crime
Adages and sayings named after a person
law of controversy: Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. Bennett's laws are principles in quantum information theory
List_of_eponymous_laws
Legal situation in Israel
principle of proportionality in utilizing states of emergency under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as Basic Law: The Government
Israeli_state_of_emergency
Proportional multi-winner electoral system in US
Proportional representation (PR) in the United States refers to the multi-winner proportional electoral systems currently used in several cities and in
Proportional representation in the United States
Proportional_representation_in_the_United_States
Proportional-representation electoral system
(2003), "Degrees of proportionality of proportional representation formulas", in Grofman, Bernard; Lijphart, Arend (eds.), Electoral Laws and Their Political
Sainte-Laguë_method
1992 High Court of Australia case
Nationwide News is a key case where the concept of proportionality was discussed. Proportionality in this context is the idea that there should be a reasonable
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills
Nationwide_News_Pty_Ltd_v_Wills
Situation in which a seat in a deliberative assembly becomes vacant
seat changes parties after a by-election, it disrupts Parliament's proportionality. By contrast, a vacancy in a list seat is filled by the next available
Casual_vacancy
effect, whereas in the Senate a pure proportional system (the remnants of the so-called Porcellum, the electoral law approved by the cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi
Italian_electoral_law_of_2017
Observation on the growth of integrated circuit capacity
Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years, with minimal increase in cost
Moore's_law
to administer EU law. All actions by EU institutions can be subject to judicial review, and judged by standards of proportionality, particularly where
Law_of_the_European_Union
correspondence with his solicitor. The case is important for its use of a proportionality test in a judicial review case, a method copied from the jurisprudence
R (Daly) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
R_(Daly)_v_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department
Set of characters that share common design features
screen. A proportional typeface, also called variable-width typeface, contains glyphs of varying widths, while a monospaced (non-proportional or fixed-width)
Typeface
2003 United States Supreme Court case
prohibits disproportionate punishments. This principle of proportionality has roots in the common law and the founding era. However, the application to prison
Lockyer_v._Andrade
1991 United States Supreme Court case
Punishment Clause bore some kind of proportionality analysis. Yet among those six, three supported a proportionality principle that is highly deferential
Harmelin_v._Michigan
Law of war to protect non-combatants
international law in both international and non-international armed conflicts. Necessity and proportionality are established principles in humanitarian law. Under
International humanitarian law
International_humanitarian_law
Physical law for entropy and heat
The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. A simple statement
Second_law_of_thermodynamics
Legislations regarding telephone calls
Telephone call recording laws are legislation enacted in many jurisdictions, such as countries, states, provinces, that regulate the practice of telephone
Telephone_call_recording_laws
Probability distribution
Zipf's law. Such empirical distributions are said to be quasi-Zipfian. In 1913, the German physicist Felix Auerbach observed an inverse proportionality between
Zipf's_law
Winner-takes-all voting systems tend to result in only two viable parties
In political science, Duverger's law (/ˈduːvərʒeɪ/ DOO-vər-zhay) holds that in political systems with single-member districts and the first-past-the-post
Duverger's_law
Equitable remedy in contract law
Specific performance is an equitable remedy in the law of contract, in which a court issues an order requiring a party to perform a specific act, such
Specific_performance
is the acoustic power in the far-field, K {\displaystyle K} is the proportionality constant (or Lighthill's constant), ρ o {\displaystyle \rho _{o}} is
Lighthill's_eighth_power_law
Limitation of actions during participation of conflict
Indiscriminate attack Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip Just war theory Proportionality (law) Restraint (book) War and genocide ICRC 2018, p. 18. Chairman of
Restraint_(military)
Judgement of the High Court of Australia
Australia; and the use of proportionality as a test of constitutional validity. The origin of the test of proportionality can be traced to the 1819 decision
Brown_v_Tasmania
Statutory damages are a damage award in civil law, in which the amount awarded is stipulated within the statute rather than being calculated based on
Statutory_damages
Court process to seek judicial review
In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. Certiorari comes from the name of a
Certiorari
Concept in law
precedent-based common law. Equitable remedies were granted by the Court of Chancery in England, and remain available today in most common law jurisdictions.
Equitable_remedy
PROPORTIONALITY LAW
PROPORTIONALITY LAW
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, LAWSON means "son of Law."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : name for someone who was related to an important local personality, from Middle English maugh, maw ‘relative’, especially by marriage (from Old English mÄge ‘female relative’). In the north of England this term was used more specifically to mean ‘brother-in-law’.English : topographic name from Middle English mawe ‘meadow’. Some early forms, such as Sibilla de la Mawe (Suffolk 1275), clearly indicate a topographic origin, by reason of the preposition and article.English : probably also from a Middle English personal name, Mawe, Old English MÄ“awa, perhaps originally a byname from Old English mÇ£w ‘sea mew’, ‘seagull’ (compare Mew).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lawrence.
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name LAWAN means "beautiful."
Female
English
Modern English elaborated form of German Wanda, LAWANDA means "a Wend; a wanderer." A Wend was a term used to refer to migrant Slavs in the sixth century.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, or Lawton in Herefordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement on or near a hill’, or ‘settlement by a burial mound’, from hlÄw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’ + tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.English : variant spelling of Laughton.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Lawrence.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English, Latin
Of Laurentium; From the Place of the Laurel Leaves; Diminutive of Lawrence
Male
English
Middle English short form of English Lawrence, LAW means "of Laurentum."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Portuguese
Crowned with Laurels; Form of Lawrence
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlÄw (see Law 2).Scottish and English : nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.Scottish : from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from Law 1.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Laurence, LAWRENCE means "of Laurentum."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : habitational name from Lawley in Shropshire, named in Old English as ‘Lafa’s wood’, from a personal name LÄfa (from lÄf ‘remnant’, ‘survivor’) + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘glade’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from the personal name Law (pet form of Lawrence).Perhaps a reduced form of Scottish or Irish McLeish. Compare McLaws.
Male
English
Pet form of English Lawrence, LAWRIE means "of Laurentum."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Lawrence.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, as for example Levenson.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Son of Law or Lawrence
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lawrence.
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Pride
Boy/Male
Arabic
Proof of God; Another Name for Prophet Idris
Boy/Male
Tamil
Part of God
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Champion; Form of Neil
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Happy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Frisby on the Wreake or Frisby by Gaulby, or another lost Frisby in Leicestershire, all named with Old Norse FrÃsir ‘Frisians’ (see Fries 1) + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Vine branches.
Male
Scottish
Scottish form of English Murray, MORAY means "sea warrior."
Boy/Male
British, Celtic, English, Welsh
Legendary Son of Gwawrddur
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English fotman, applied in various senses, but most probably an occupational name for a foot soldier, or possibly for an attendant or servant (a meaning first recorded in late Middle English).
PROPORTIONALITY LAW
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a.
Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
a.
Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
adv.
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
n.
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
n.
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.
n.
The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
n.
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
v. t.
To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.
n.
An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
a.
Alt. of Lawyerly
adv.
Proportionally.
pl.
of Son-in-law
pl.
of Sister-in-law
v. t.
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
adv.
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.
n.
A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
a.
Made of lawn or fine linen.
n.
The state of being in proportion.