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District judge
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.

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- A judge of a United States district court is officially titled a "United States District Judge". Other federal judges, including circuit judges and...
- following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear...
- judges appointed by President Joe Biden, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District...
- U.S. Supreme Court, circuit judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, district judges of the U.S. District Courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International...
- district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and Wales. Some judges with...
- nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court...
- District Judge may refer to: A United States federal judge, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate A judge in a state court (United States)...
- Angeles. All but two district judges are located in the new First Street Courthouse, whereas magistrate judges and two district judges maintain chambers...
- the district. They administer justice in India at a district level. The civil court/district court is judged by the district and sessions judge who is...
- the "Mother Court", or the "Sovereign District of New York." The district itself has had several prominent judges on its bench, including Learned Hand...