District
District , adjective
[Latin districtus, p. p.]
Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obsolete]
Punishing with the rod of district severity.
District , noun
[Late Latin districtus district, from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere: compare French district. See Distrain.]
1.
(Feudal Law) 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.
3.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
Collocations (5)
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. [United States]
District , transitive verb
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.