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Definition of Congressional district

Congressional 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.
Congressional District
Congressional Con*gres"sion*al, a. Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. --E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.

Meaning of Congressional district from wikipedia

- into 17 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The majority of Illinois's districts are located...
- Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the po****tion...
- The U.S. state of New York contains 26 congressional districts. Each district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives to represent...
- Texas's 30th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers much of the city of Dallas and other parts of Dallas and Tarrant...
- Florida is divided into 28 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2020 census...
- at-large congressional district Wisconsin's 9th congressional district Wisconsin's 10th congressional district Wisconsin's 11th congressional district United...
- Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and...
- Georgia's 14th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Marjorie...
- is divided into 13 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The districts are currently represented...
- Maryland is divided into eight congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2020 census...