district attorney

District Attorney — n: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district see also state s attorney Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. district attorney …   Law dictionary

district attorney — ➔ attorney * * * district attorney UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION D.A.) ► LAW in the US, a lawyer who is chosen to represent the government of a particular district (= local area or state), and whose duties include deciding whether a crime should… …   Financial and business terms

District attorney — District Dis trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See {Distrain}.] 1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing. [1913 Webster] 2. A division… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

District Attorney — District Attorneys N COUNT In the United States, a District Attorney is a lawyer who works for a city, state, or federal government and puts on trial people who are accused of crimes. The abbreviation D.A. is also used …   English dictionary

district attorney — ► NOUN ▪ (in the US) a public official who acts as prosecutor for the state or the federal government in court in a particular district …   English terms dictionary

district attorney — ☆ district attorney n. in the U.S., a lawyer serving in a specified judicial district as prosecutor for the state or for the federal government in criminal cases …   English World dictionary

District attorney — In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney (DA) is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the… …   Wikipedia

District Attorney — Als District Attorney wird in den Vereinigten Staaten der Staatsanwalt eines Bundesstaates bezeichnet. Je nach Bundesstaat gibt es unterschiedliche Bezeichnungen für dieses Amt, so z.B. State s Attorney, County Attorney, County Prosecutor, u.a.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

district attorney — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms district attorney : singular district attorney plural district attorneys legal a lawyer who works for a state or county government in the US and whose job is to bring people accused of crimes to trial …   English dictionary

district attorney — noun an official prosecutor for a judicial district (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑DA • Hypernyms: ↑prosecutor, ↑public prosecutor, ↑prosecuting officer, ↑prosecuting attorney * * * noun, pl ⋯ neys [count] …   Useful english dictionary

district attorney — prosecuting officer of a judicial district, attorney responsible for representing the State in the district courts …   English contemporary dictionary