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My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it.
Harry Connick, Jr.

Meaning of "district attorney" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY

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District attorney is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISTRICT ATTORNEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

District attorney

The district attorney, in many jurisdictions in the United States, represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney - an elected or appointed official - is the highest officeholder in the legal department of the jurisdiction – generally the county in the U.S. – and supervises a staff of assistant or deputy district attorneys. Depending on the system in place, district attorneys may be appointed by the chief executive of the region or elected by the voters of the jurisdiction. The title "district attorney" is used by several jurisdictions of the United States, including Massachusetts, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas.

Definition of district attorney in the English dictionary

The definition of district attorney in the dictionary is the state prosecuting officer in a specified judicial district.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

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district heating
district high school
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District of Columbia
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Alderney
attorney
barney
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car journey
Carney
Crown attorney
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journey
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prosecuting attorney
return journey
sarney
State´s attorney
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trial attorney

Synonyms and antonyms of district attorney in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «district attorney» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Find out the translation of district attorney to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of district attorney from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «district attorney» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地方检察官
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiscal de distrito
570 millions of speakers

English

district attorney
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिला अटार्नी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المدعي العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Окружной прокурор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procurador do distrito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procureur de district
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daerah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bezirksstaatsanwalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地方検事
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지방 검사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabupaten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

luật sư quận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாவட்டத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिल्हा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilçe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

procuratore distrettuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prokurator okręgowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Окружний прокурор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

procuror
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εισαγγελέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

distrik prokureur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åklagare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

statsadvokat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of district attorney

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRICT ATTORNEY»

The term «district attorney» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.457 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRICT ATTORNEY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about district attorney

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6 QUOTES WITH «DISTRICT ATTORNEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word district attorney.
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Jello Biafra
Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.
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Lara Flynn Boyle
And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.
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Alafair Burke
Teaching does allow me to keep one foot in the youthful waters I tend to occupy in my novels, so I'm thankful for that. My students also remind me on a daily basis that the stories I collected during my district attorney days are actually interesting to people who haven't had that experience.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it.
5
Star Jones
I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.
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Diane Ladd
I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRICT ATTORNEY»

Discover the use of district attorney in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to district attorney and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office
Meantime thecase against Ammon languished and the District Attorney ofNew YorkCounty was athiswits' end todevisea means to procure the evidence to convict him. To do this it would be necessary to establish affirmatively that the thirty ...
Arthur Cheney Train, 1925
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The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's ...
Reveals the inner workings of America's overburdened criminal justice system through the eyes of homicide investigator John O'Mara and district attorney Jan Scully, as they deal with legal dramas and controversies over the course of a year.
Gary Delsohn, 2003
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Profile of District Attorney Offices in Wisconsin: A Summary ...
District Attorney (a) When was the District Attorney admitted to the Bar? (year) (b) How long has the District Attorney been in office? (years) (c) Was the District Attorney initially appointed or elected to office? (d) Was the District Attorney formerly ...
Shaun P. Haas, 1983
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House Documents
527, 317 88 To J. C. Van Dyke, late district attorney, eastern district of Pennsylvania. 903 00 R. B. Roberts, district attorney, western district of Pennsylvania .... 2, 250 00 R. N. Waite, late acting district attorney, eastern district of Pennsylvania.
USA House of Representatives, 1862
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
To T. A. Debluis, district attorney, Maine $50 00 W. W. Stickney, district attorney, New Hampshire 50 00 A. Underwood, district attorney, Vermont 5000 George Lunt, district attorney, Massachusetts 50 00 J. M. Clark, district attorney, Rhode ...
United States. Congress. House, 1854
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Congressional Serial Set
To the receiving of which in evidence the District Attorney objected; but the court overruled the objection, and received the same in evidence; to which decision of the court the District Attorney excepts. Be it also remembered, that, at the hearing  ...
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The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of ...
District attor- For the district attorney of Delaware, one hundred dollars, neys. For the district attorney of Maryland, one hundred dollars. For the district attorney of Virginia, eastern district, one hundred dollars. For the district attorney of Virginia,  ...
United States, 1850
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The District Attorney
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
William Sage, 2010
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We Are Not Alone: A Teenage Girl¿s Personal Account of ...
ADA: Assistant District Attorney. allegation: A stated or written accusation by a victim of what happened. arraignment: The beginning step of the trial proceedings. The defendant comes to court and is formally read the charges. assistant district ...
Jade Christine Angelica, 2014
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Wisconsin Statutes, 1923
prosecuting or defending a negligence case based upon an automobile accident involving violation of the speed laws falls under the ban. One cannot serve two masters. A district attorney cannot rightly accept employment under one master ...
Wisconsin, Eugene Edward Brossard

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRICT ATTORNEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term district attorney is used in the context of the following news items.
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Middlesex District Attorney Working to Keep Infants Safe
Last week, the Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan met with medical staff at the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham to share her ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Norfolk district attorney's hoop camp teaches drug lessons in …
Thirty-eight children, grades three to eight, are participating in a basketball camp sponsored by Norfolk County District Attorney Michael ... «Wicked Local Stoughton, Jul 15»
3
Police jury considers hiring an outside attorney in dispute with …
I'm not going to back down this time,” the district attorney said. D'Aquilla said after the meeting that he went along with a former parish manager ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
4
Cuomo Appoints Attorney General As Special Prosecutor On Police …
Legal experts at the time said the grand jury was doing exactly what then Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's staff wanted it to do. «Gothamist, Jul 15»
5
Fraud San Diego District Attorney's office obtains $800000 in …
San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Tuesday that her office has obtained $826,444 in restitution on behalf of 121 ... «Imperial Valley Press, Jul 15»
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District attorney casts talking dogs in PSA about hot car dangers
The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said officials are hoping the use of "humor" in the video will prove more effective than ... «UPI.com, Jul 15»
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Assault case handed over to district attorney
County Attorney Phil Garrett, who received initial incident reports from law enforcement, said the district attorney accepted the case because the ... «Mineral Wells Index, Jul 15»
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District Attorney Files Charges in 2013 Murder Investigation
On June 24, 2015, after two years of what was termed “further review,” the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office filed multiple felony ... «Alpenhorn News, Jul 15»
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DA to hold news conference about Easton killing
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he will announce details about this weekend's killing in Easton at a Tuesday news ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
10
Singas, Gonsalves face off over Nassau lawmaker mailings
Madeline Singas, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Nassau County district attorney, speaks in front of the Nassau County Supreme ... «Newsday, Jul 15»

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