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dis·trict n: a territorial division (as of a nation, state, county, or city) for administrative, judicial, electoral, or other purposes: asa: an administrative unit esp. of a town or city established for the performance of a special governmental functionthe water districtpark districtc: one of the divisions of the United States or of the individual states served by a particular federal or state court see also the judicial system in the back matter
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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ager, area, circuit, constituency, department, domain, locale, locality, neighborhood, pale, precinct, province, quarter, realm, regio, region, section, sphere, terra, territorial division, territory, tract, ward, zone
associated concepts: business district, collection district, election district, federal district, improvement district, judicial district, school district, tax district
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bailiwick, circuit, constituency, department, division (administrative unit), local, locality, location, parcel, province, region, regional, territory
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A territory or region of a state or country, defined for administrative, political, or judicial purposes; a division of a state under the jurisdiction of a particular federal district court.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station).
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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One of the territorial areas into which an entire state or country, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is divided, for judicial, political, electoral, or administrative purposes.The circuit or territory within which a person may be compelled to appear. Circuit of authority; province.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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One of the territorial areas into which an entire state or country, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is divided, for judicial, political, electoral, or administrative purposes.The circuit or territory within which a person may be compelled to appear. Circuit of authority; province.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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