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<hw>Dis"trict</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>districtus</ets> district, fr. L. <ets>districtus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>distringere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>district</ets>. See <er>Distrain</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; <as>as, a congressional <ex>district</ex>, judicial <ex>district</ex>, land <ex>district</ex>, school <ex>district</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such <b>district</b> not exceeding ten miles square. <i>The Constitution of the United States.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.</def>

<blockquote>These <b>districts</b> which between the tropics lie. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Congressional district</col>. <cd>See under <er>Congressional</er>.</cd> -- <col>District attorney</col>, <cd>the prosecuting officer of a district or district court.</cd> -- <col>District court</col>, <cd>a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district.</cd> -- <col>District judge</col>, <cd>one who presides over a district court.</cd> -- <col>District school</col>, <cd>a public school for the children within a school district. <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.</syn>

<h1>District</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis"trict</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Districted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Districting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; <as>as, legislatures <ex>district</ex> States for the choice of representatives</as>.</def>

<h1>Distriction</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*tric"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>districtio</ets> a stretching out.]</ety> <def>Sudden display; flash; glitter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest <b>distriction</b>. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Districtly</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis"trict*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Strictly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Distringas</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trin"gas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., that you distrain, fr. <ets>distringere</ets>. See <er>Distrain</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.</def>

<h1>Distrouble</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trou"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>trouble</ets>.]</ety> <def>To trouble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Distrust</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Distrusted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Distrusting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mistrust</er>.]</ety> <def>To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.</def>

<blockquote>Not <b>distrusting</b> my health. <i>2 Mac. ix. 22.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>distrust</b> the justice of your cause. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He that requireth the oath doth <b>distrust</b> that other. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Of all afraid, <b>Distrusting</b> all, a wise, suspicious maid. <i>Collins.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Mistrust</i> has been almost wholly driven out by <i>distrust</i>.</note>