WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
New′ Jer′sey plan′, [Amer. Hist.]
  1. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. Cf. Connecticut Compromise, Virginia plan. 

'New Jersey plan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Connecticut Compromise - Virginia plan

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