district court
noun
: a trial court that has jurisdiction over certain cases within a specific judicial district
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This time, Attorney General Pam Bondi has gone along with efforts to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James—but the department handled the cases so sloppily that a district court has already thrown them out.
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Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Lower courts were divided over Hawaii's law In the Hawaii challenge, the district court judge’s preliminary view was that the state’s law failed the test.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
Those pardoned include strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who received the death penalty at a district court over his 1979 coup, the bloody 1980 crackdowns of pro-democracy protests that killed about 200 people, and other crimes.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
In district court, the clerk refused to issue a complaint, and Kraft’s run of luck seemed to be continuing into his golden years.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Lower courts were divided over Hawaii's law In the Hawaii challenge, the district court judge’s preliminary view was that the state’s law failed the test.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
Those pardoned include strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who received the death penalty at a district court over his 1979 coup, the bloody 1980 crackdowns of pro-democracy protests that killed about 200 people, and other crimes.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
In district court, the clerk refused to issue a complaint, and Kraft’s run of luck seemed to be continuing into his golden years.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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“District court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/district%20court. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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