1.
[syn: district attorney, DA]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
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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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3. 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
district attorney
n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn:
district attorney, DA]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "district attorney":
AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, attorney general, civilian,
corporation lawyer, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer,
defense counsel, junior counsel, law agent, leader, mouthpiece,
private attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor,
public prosecutor, publicist, silk, silk gown, solicitor general,
special pleader, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman