District /(?)/

Dis·trict

District

a.
  1. Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
    Punishing with the rod of district severity.
    — Foxe.

District

n.
  1. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing. (Feudal Law)
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
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.

District

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting

  1. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.