Definition of district

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District (n.) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

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Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.
Constablewick :: Constablewick (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
Panel :: Panel (n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal..
Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..
Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..
Medoc :: Medoc (n.) A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of Medoc in the department of Gironde..
Aldermanry :: Aldermanry (n.) The district or ward of an alderman.
Staple :: Staple (n.) A district granted to an abbey.
Draff :: Draff (n.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted..
District :: District (n.) 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..
Mascagnite :: Mascagnite (n.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it..
Range :: Range (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay..
Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.
Demarch :: Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Province :: Province (n.) A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority..
Prospect :: Prospect (v. t.) To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city..
District :: District (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
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