DISTRIBUTIVENESS
Dis*trib"u*tive*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being distributive.
DISTRIBUTOR Dis*trib"u*tor, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.
DISTRICT
Dis"trict, a. Etym: [L. districtus, p. p.]
Defn: Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.
DISTRICT Dis"trict, n. Etym: [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law)
Defn: The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc. To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square. The Constitution of the United States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country;
a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
— District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
— District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States
tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial
district.
— District judge, one who presides over a district court.
— District school, a public school for the children within a school
district. [U.S.]