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DISTRICTS
Noun
districts
plural of district
Verb
districts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of district
Source: Wiktionary
DISTRICT
Dis"trict, a. Etym: [L. districtus, p. p.]
Definition: Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.
Dis"trict, n. Etym: [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law)
Definition: 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.
Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.]
Definition: To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
DISTRICT
Dis"trict, a. Etym: [L. districtus, p. p.]
Definition: Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.
Dis"trict, n. Etym: [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law)
Definition: 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.
Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.]
Definition: To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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