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

A federal district judge refused on Tuesday Elon Musk’s request to dismiss a government lawsuit over Musk’s late filings with the U.S.

From Barron's

“Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes,” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in October.

From Los Angeles Times

State and tribal regulators have filed dozens of lawsuits in federal district and circuit courts, alleging that Kalshi and Polymarket violate state gambling laws, as well as the CFTC’s own rules and governing laws— which forbid financial contracts or swaps that refer to “gaming.”

From Barron's

State and tribal regulators have filed dozens of lawsuits in federal district and circuit courts, alleging that Kalshi and Polymarket violate state gambling laws, as well as the CFTC’s own rules and governing laws— which forbid financial contracts or swaps that refer to “gaming.”

From Barron's

Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz, who runs the federal district court in Minnesota, this week canvassed his fellow judges and said the administration had failed to comply with court orders in 74 different cases brought by individuals who said they were being wrongly detained.

From The Wall Street Journal