district court

noun

U.S. Law.

(in many states) the court of general jurisdiction.
the federal trial court sitting in each district of the United States.

district court

noun

(in Scotland) a court of summary jurisdiction held by a stipendiary magistrate or one or more justices of the peace to deal with minor criminal offences
in the US
1. a federal trial court serving a federal judicial district
2. (in some states) a court having general jurisdiction in a state judicial district
(in Australia and New Zealand) a court lower than a high court Former namemagistrates' court

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Word History and Origins

Origin of district court¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

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Higher courts have reversed a couple of restraining orders sought by the state and granted by district court judges, including the one on teacher preparation grants and another that had halted Trump’s mass firing of federal probationary employees.

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District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has consolidated it with two other lawsuits related to Griffin and the state GOP's election protest, including one filed by impacted voters in mid-April.

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Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary pause on the previously ordered cure process, pending the district court's decision.

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In President Donald Trump's first term, Massachusetts State District Court Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and a court officer were indicted in 2019 on charges that they had prevented an ICE officer from arresting a man by letting him out of a back door rather than into the lobby, according to The New York Times.

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Through his company, X, Musk filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in federal district court that puts him on the free-speechier side of a debate.

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