Federal District
noun
a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
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federal districtnounan area used as the seat of central government in a federal system
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Federal District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said she would decide by Wednesday whether to issue a restraining order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
The suit brought by the Justice Department’s Civil Division against the Maryland Federal District Court judges did not hide the ball about either of those claims.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
Ms. McKinney, who filed her lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan, said learning of the other lawsuits against Mr. Combs led her to file her own.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
It was not until 1854, however, that public schools were organized in the Federal District, and these mark the real beginning of state education in Brazil.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
He lost before a federal district judge and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
A federal district judge on Friday rejected conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s bid to shield Infowars from liquidation, upholding a bankruptcy court ruling that the assets aren’t protected by his personal bankruptcy estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Lawsuits challenging the orders arrived quickly in the D.C. federal district court.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Cole Allen, 31, entered the not guilty plea during an appearance before Judge Trevor McFadden in a federal district court in the nation's capital.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“That put us back in federal district courts,” White noted.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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