Federal District

noun

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

federal district

noun

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

Example Sentences

Of the 42 federal district nominees currently pending, eight are African American.

From The Daily Beast

Milke's legal team filed an appeal in federal district court in Phoenix.

From The Daily Beast

He won his case in the Federal District Court in Virginia in 2011.

From The Daily Beast

Appearing in federal district court for her guilty plea, Greig seemed fragile and traumatized.

From The Daily Beast

In this light it is astounding that federal district court judges find anyone wholly innocent, as has happened so often.

From The Daily Beast

It consists of fourteen provinces, ten territories, and one federal district.

From Project Gutenberg

The question of size of the Federal District had been settled by the Constitution—it was to be ten miles square.

From Project Gutenberg

The extent of this federal district is sufficiently circumscribed to satisfy every jealousy of an opposite nature.

From Project Gutenberg

La Plata was founded in 1882, two years after Buenos Aires had been constituted a federal district and made the national capital.

From Project Gutenberg

Twenty-two states voted, including the federal district of Mexico, and two territories.

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