district court

noun

: a trial court that has jurisdiction over certain cases within a specific judicial district

Examples of district court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a decision late Tuesday, the district court judge temporarily ordered the administration not to block existing funding until Feb. 3; the freeze was supposed to take effect at 5 p.m. That ruling was part of a lawsuit filed by the National Council of Nonprofits and others. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2025

There are a couple of other lawsuits that are pending, including ones in Oregon and in Virginia where the district courts have denied the motions for preliminary judgment. —Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

The lead plaintiffs in the case, Tamer Mahmoud and Enas Barakat, are Muslims who removed their elementary-aged son from public school after a district court sided with Montgomery County in August 2023. —Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025

The companies asked a U.S, district court judge Thursday to uphold the original opinion that temporarily blocked the Venu launch. —Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

district court

noun

often capitalized D&C

: a trial court having general or limited jurisdiction in a judicial district: as

a

: one of the federal trial courts sitting in a federal district

b

: a trial court within a state court system