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District

District (district)
a.(?)
Dis"trict
[L. districtus, p. p.]
  1. Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
    [Obs.]

    Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

District

District (district)
n.
Dis"trict
  1. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
  2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.

    To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square. The Constitution of the United States.

  3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

    These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.

    Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, one who presides over a district court. -- District school, a public school for the children within a school district. [U.S.]

    Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.

District

District (district)
v. t.
Dis"trict
  1. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory] as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.












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