District

a.	1.	Rigorous; stringent; harsh. Punishing with the rod of district severity. - Foxe.
n.	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.
v. t.	1.	To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.]

Noun	1.	district - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes Synonyms: territorial dominion, territory, dominion
Verb	1.	district - regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns Synonyms: zone

DISTRICT. A certain portion of the country, separated from the rest for some special purposes. The United States are divided into judicial districts, in each of which is established a district court; they are also divided into election districts; collection districts, &c.

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