DISTRICT
One of the territorial areas into which an entire
state or country, county, municipality, or other
political subdivision is divided, for judicial, politi-
cal, electoral, or administrative purposes.
The circuit or territory within which a person
may be compelled to appear. Circuit of authority;
province.
A judicial district is a designated area of a
state over which a court has been empowered to
hear lawsuits that arise within it or that involve
its inhabitants. A federal judicial district is an
area of a state in which a federal district court
sits to determine matters involving federal ques-
tions or DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP of the par-
ties.
A congressional district is a geographical sub-
division of a state that elects a representative to
Congress.
A legislative district is a specific section of a
state that elects a representative to the state leg-
