Virginia plan

[ ver-jin-yuh plan ]

noun

, American History.

1. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

Example Sentences

The Prince George’s proposal suggests the team could, as in the Virginia plan, get a cut of taxes generated at the new development — a feature that has not been publicly discussed.

From Washington Post

They also discussed murdering a law enforcement officer in an effort to obtain gear for the Virginia plan, authorities said.

From Fox News

The Virginia plan does not appear to endorse that approach.

From Washington Post

All of which serves as a precursor to the type of resistance Kaine and Warner are likely to encounter from Senate Republicans should the Virginia Plan make any gains.

From Washington Post

He stressed that the Virginia Plan wasn’t only about mass shootings, pointing to more frequent, even daily tragedies such as the 9-year-old girl shot and killed two years ago at a Richmond park.

From Washington Post