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Definition of District judge

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.

Meaning of District judge from wikipedia

- A judge of a United States district court is officially titled a "United States District Judge". Other federal judges, including circuit judges and...
- 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...
- list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear...
- 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)...
- 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...
- given more weight than district judges sitting in the County Court and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and...
- Norfolk, Richmond, and Newport News (whose judges are shared with Norfolk). Appeals from the Eastern District of Virginia are taken to the United States...
- the "Mother Court", or the "Sovereign District of New York." The district itself has had several prominent judges on its bench, including Learned Hand...
- lawyer and academic who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Ali received a Bachelor of Software...
- district judge there may be a number of additional district judges and ****istant district judges depending on the workload. The additional district judge...