Federal District

American  

noun

1. a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.

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federal district British  

noun

1. an area used as the seat of central government in a federal system

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Example Sentences

Any case would first have to clear a grand jury, then proceed through trial in federal district court, a timeline that would almost certainly extend well beyond Powell’s tenure as chair.

From Barron's

Any case would first have to clear a grand jury, then proceed through trial in federal district court, a timeline that would almost certainly extend well beyond Powell’s tenure as chair.

From Barron's

First, Elliott and its investment partners must fend off an appeal of the November decision in which a Delaware federal district court accepted their $5.9 billion bid for Citgo’s pipelines, terminals and three refineries.

From Barron's

First, Elliott and its investment partners must fend off an appeal of the November decision in which a Delaware federal district court accepted their $5.9 billion bid for Citgo’s pipelines, terminals and three refineries.

From Barron's

Had the three-member panel not acted, the ruling, by a federal district judge, would have required immediate changes to policies at hundreds of school systems up and down the state.

From Los Angeles Times