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De - Pt| English Dictionary: district attorney | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for district attorney | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
