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   District , a. [L. districtus, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
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   Punishing with the rod of district severity.
   Foxe.
   
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   District, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]
    (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
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   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.
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   To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square.
   The Constitution of the United States.
   
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   Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
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   These districts which between the tropics lie.
   Blackstone.
   
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   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.
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   District, 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.
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