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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: District \Dis"trict\, a. [L. districtus p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: District \Dis"trict\, n. [LL. districtus district, fr L. districtus p. p. of distringere: cf F. 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. --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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: District \Dis"trict\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Districted}; p. pr & vb n. {Districting}.] To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as legislatures district States for the choice of representatives. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: district adj : applicable to or serving the needs of a particular district; "the district courts" n : a region marked off for administrative or other purposes [syn: {territory}] v : regulate housing in of certain areas of towns [syn: {zone}]
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