What is district?

What Does district Mean

The etymological root of circumscription is found in the Latin word circumscriptio . The concept makes it possible to refer to the act and the result of circumscribing : demarcating something, limiting it to certain limits.

The idea of constituency is often used to name a political, military, administrative division, etc. of a territory . In this way, one can speak of an electoral district or judicial district , for example.
An electoral district , also referred to as an electoral district , is an area that is established for the election of governors or members of a legislative body. Those who reside in said territorial subdivision, and meet the requirements established by law (such as being of a certain age), can vote in the electoral processes that take place in the place and thus elect their representatives.

Suppose that, according to the electoral system of a country , those who live in a certain electoral district have the right to elect a deputy to represent them in Parliament . Thus, the deputy in question will reach this legislative body by the votes of the inhabitants of the constituency, since the rest of the citizens living in other regions of the nation cannot participate in said decision.
A judicial district , on the other hand, is the result of the decentralization of the Judiciary . In each one there are bodies that can administer justice, such as courts, tribunals and chambers, with jurisdictional independence. In Paraguay , to mention one case, there are eighteen judicial districts: Capital , Itapúa , Concepción , Alto Paraná , San Pedro , Presidente Hayes and Boquerón , among others.

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