district

n. மாவட்டம், ஜில்லா, கோட்டம், நாட்டின் அரசியற் பிரிவு, மாகாணத்தின் பகுதி, முறைமன்றத் துறைகளுக்காகவோ வகுத்தமைக்கபட்ட நிலப்பிரிவு, வட்டாரம், நகர்ப்புற வட்டகை, தனித்திருக்கோயிலும் திருச்சபைப் பணி முதல்வரும் கொண்ட திருச்சபை வட்டகை, திட்ட நடவடிக்கைகளுக்காக ஒதுக்கிவிடப்பட்ட எல்லைப் பிரிவு, பொது இயல்புகளையுடைய திணைவட்டாரம், (வினை) மாவட்டங்களாகப் பிரி.

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Dis"trict, a. Etym: [L. districtus, p. p.] Defn: Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe. Dis"trict, n. Etym: [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.] 1. (Feudal Law) Defn: 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. Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.] Defn: To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.