Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe.
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.