district Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.

L. districtus, p. p.

Rigorous; stringent; harsh. Obs.
Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.

(Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
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.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.
Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.

imperfect & past participle Districted; present participle & verbal noun Districting

To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.