distributional (distribushonal)

[ distributive (dis-trib'u-tiv), [= F. dis tri but if = Pr. distributiu = Sp. Pg. It. dis- tributivo , distributivus (in (in grammatical sense), dis tri but us , pp. of distribuere , dis- tribute: see distribute .] distribute .] 1. a. 1. That distrib- ates; dividing and a igning in portions; deal- ing to each his proper share. IMG:content-2900.png:[blocks in formation] political, etc.; a circuit or territory within permit its transfer, or not to pay any dividend which may be exercised or to which are limited on it. certain rights or powers; any portion of land distrix (dis'triks), n. [NL., appar. irreg. θρίξ ( τριχ- ), hair.] Forky hair; is defined by law or agreement. In British India a disease of the hair in which it splits at the and in various European countries a district is a subdivi- sion of a province. In reference to political divisions in the United States, it generally imports that the inhabitants act together for some one specific purpose: as, a highway district ; a school district ; an election district (as a senate, a embly, or congre ional district ). In some States the term is applied to a cla of towns. In South Carolina, during most the period from 1768 to 1868, the chief sub- division of the State (excepting the coast region) was called a district , instead of a county as in the other States. In Virginia and West Virginia the chief subdivision of a county is called a magisterial district , with reference to the organization of local justice. In Tenne ee it is called a militia district ; in Maryland, an election district . In other States these divisions are called towns or townships . In co- lonial and provincial Ma achusetts the district was a part set off from a town and made independent of it in respect to local administration, but not in respect to choosing a rep- resentative to the General Court. In the Methodist Epis- copal Church the district is a territorial subdivision of a conference, comprising a number of churches and societies, under the charge of a presiding elder. A military district of a country is a division of a military territorial depart- ment. The federal territory containing the national capi distroublet, n. [ME., Even the decrees of general councils bind not but as they are accepted by the several churches in their respective dis- tricts and dioceses, of which I am to give an account in the following periods. Jer. Taylor , Di . from Popery, I. ii. § 1. 2. A region in general; a territory within defi- nite or indefinite limits: as, the district of the earth which lies between the tropics, or that which is north of a polar circle; the districts of Ru ia covered by forest. - District attorney, an officer appointed to act as attorney for the people or gov- ernment within a specified district. - District confer- ence. See conference , 2.- District court, a court of lim- ited jurisdiction having cognizance of causes within a dis- trict defined by law. - District court martial. See court martial , under court . - District school, a public or free school for the inhabitants of a specified district.- Metropolitan district, a title used in a few instances (as in the territory collectively known as London, in England, with its suburbs) for a division of country, including a chief city, defined by statute for the purposes of govern- ment and municipal regulation, such as for supervision in respect to fires, health, police, etc. - Mining district, a settlement of miners organized after the plan which, in the first years of mining in the westernmost part of the United States, the miners, in independence of all other authority, devised for their own self-government. - Parish district, in England, a division of a parish for general ecclesiastical purposes. - Taxing district, in the United States, the territory or region into which (for the purpose of a e ment merely) a State, county, town, or other po- litical district is divided. H. H. Emmons . - United States district courts, the lowest courts of the federal judicial system, having jurisdiction chiefly in admiralty, bank- ruptcy, and criminal matters. = Syn. Division, quarter, locality, province, tract. district (dis'trikt), v. t. [ district , n.] To di- vide into districts or limited por portions of terri- tory: as, in the United States, States are dis- tricted for the choice of certain officers; coun- ties or towns are districted for the maintenance of schools, etc. dist ring ere , draw asunder, stretch tight: see distrain , and district , n.] Stringent; rigorous; strict. They should not inforce nor compell the citizens to more difficult or district proofes of their Articles of complaints. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 165. Foxe , Martyrs, p. 782. districtlyt (dis'trikt-li), adv . In a stringent manner; stringently; rigorously. sing. subj. pres., with impv. meaning, of ML. dist ring ere , distrain: see distrain .] In law : (a) A proce , now little used, directing the sheriff to distrain or make distre -that is, to seize and withhold the goods of the person sought to be coerced. It was used to compel a de- fendant to appear; also, after judgment for plaintiff in an action of detinue, to compel the defendant, by repeated distre es of his goods, to give up the chattel detained. ( b ) A proce commanding the sheriff to bring in the bodies of jurors who did not appear, or to distrain their lands and goods. (c) A pro- ce in equity against a body corporate ref us- ing to obey the summons and direction of the court. (d) An order of chancery, in favor of a party claiming to be interested in any stock in the Bank of England, by which a notice is served on the bank directing its officers not to Mychel they [nettles, thorns, etc.] distourblede me, For sore I drad to harmed be. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 1713. That was a thynge that gretly hem distrubled in her armynge, and ther-ynne the i caught grete damage. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 154. Her former sorrow into sudein wrath (Both coosen pa ions of distroubled spright) Converting. Spenser, F. Q., III. iv. 12. 2. Discredit; lo of credit or confidence To me reproach Rather belongs, distrust , and all dispraise. Milton , P. L., xi. 166. distrust (dis-trust'), v. t. [ dis- priv. + trust , v. Cf. distrust, n.] To withhold trust or con- fidence from; doubt or suspect; refuse to con- fide in, rely upon, or give credence to: as, to distrust a man's veracity; I distrust his inten- tions. I am ready to distrust mine eyes. Shak ., T. N., iv. 3. T' intrench in what you grant - unrighteous laws, Is to distrust the justice of your cause. distruster (dis-trus'ter), n. One who distrusts. distrustful (dis-trust ful), a. [ distrust + -ful.] 1. Full of distrust; wanting confidence; suspicious; mistrustful. The doubtful and distrustful man Heaven frowns at. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete , i. 3. IMG:content-2901.png:[blocks in formation] The same Divine teacher enjoins his Apostles to con- sider the lillies, or (as some would have it) the tulips of the field, and to learn thence that difficult virtue of a distrustle reliance upon God. Boyle , Works, II. 29. distunet (dis-tūn'), v. t. [ For Adams sin, all creatures else accurst; Their Harmony distuned by His iar. disturb destorbier, desturbier = Pr. OSp. destorbar = Sp. Pg. disturbar = It. disturb are, sturbare, If he be at his book, disturb him not. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 1. 2. To move or agitate; discompose; disquiet; throw into perplexity or confusion. You groan, sir, ever since the morning light, As something had disturb'd your noble sprite. Dryden, Cock and Fox. We seldom mix long in conversation without meeting Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. x. with some accident that ruffles and disturbs us. I feared my brain was disturbed by my sufferings and misfortunes. Swift , Gulliver's Travels, iv. 2. Preparing to disturb With all-confounding war the realms above. Cowper , Iliad, xi. 3. To interfere with; interrupt; hinder; incommode; derange. For which men seyn may nought disturbed be That shall bytyden of nece ite. Care disturbs study. Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 622. Johnson. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do was to disturb authority. 4. To turn aside; cause to deviate; throw out of course or order. And disturb 1699 2. One who or that which excites disgust, agitation, or tumult; that which causes perturbation. And [they] wente the right wey to Sorhant with-oute eny other disturbier , and were gladde and mery after the aventure that was hem befallen. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 240. Two deep enemies, Foes to my rest, and my sweet sleep's disturbers , Are they that I would have thee deal upon. IMG:content-2902.png:[blocks in formation] Go on both hand in hand, O Nations; never be disu nited ; be the praise and the heroick song of all posterity. Milton , Reformation in Eng., ii. II. in trans. To part; fall asunder; become divided. The several joints of the body politic do separate and South . cock, Repre or, I. 86.