Definition of Districts. Meaning of Districts. Synonyms of Districts

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Definition of Districts

District
District Dis"trict, a. [L. districtus, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe.
District
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.
District
District Dis"trict, 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.

Meaning of Districts from wikipedia

- are almost 400 districts in the country. Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units...
- Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have po****tions above 12 lakhs, and are grouped into...
- Currently, the number of districts in the state is 52. These districts are grouped into ten administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils...
- broken down into 10 administrative provinces, which are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 wards. Bulawayo Harare Buhera Chimanimani Chipinge Makoni Mutare...
- administrative districts. At the time of separation from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts. Two new districts: Bi****ur and Narayanpur...
- districts, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 534 CD blocks. A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate...
- rural districts (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie...
- intended to promote fairness in congressional districts and "prohibit lawmakers from intentionally drawing districts that favor in****bents or political parties...
- A district (zila) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and...
- is divided into 30 administrative geographical units called Districts. These 30 districts have been placed under three different revenue divisions to...