district attorney noun (US)

A public prosecutor for a district

district council noun

In British local government, the council elected to govern a district

district court noun

1. The federal court for a district in the USA
2. The lowest grade of Scottish criminal court

district heating noun

The distribution of heat from a central source to buildings in the surrounding area

district judge noun

(in England and Wales) a judicial officer for each county court and magistrates' court empowered to try certain cases, and to supervise certain stages of others (before 1991 called registrar and district registrar)

district nurse noun

A nurse appointed to attend to patients in their own homes

district visitor noun

A church worker who visits parishioners in a district

prosecute /prosˈi-kūt/

1. To pursue by law
2. To bring before a court
3. To carry on with, persevere with or pursue, in order to reach or accomplish
4. To engage in or practise
5. To follow up
6. To pursue or chase (obsolete)

To carry on a legal prosecution

prosˈecūtable adjective

prosecūˈtion noun

1. The act of prosecuting in any sense
2. The prosecuting party in legal proceedings

prosˈecūtor noun

1. Someone who prosecutes or pursues any plan or business
2. Someone who carries on a civil or criminal suit

prosecutorial /pros-i-kū-tōˈri-el or -töˈri-əl/ or prosecūˈtory adjective

prosˈecūtrix noun (pl prosˈecūtrixes or prosecutrices /pros-i-kū-trīˈsēz or pros-i-kūˈtri-sēz/)

A female prosecutor

director of public prosecutions or public prosecutor

A person appointed to conduct criminal prosecutions in the public interest (in the USA, prosecuting attorney or district attorney)