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Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). -- n.

contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

stering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business of the hsiens or districts comprised in his fu (which see).

An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases.

in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.

the mapping or description of a region or district. The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.

The art of surveying a region or district.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.

A district, or part of a province. See Sircar. [India]

A territorial division or district.

a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the sam…

The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

The district or country colonized; a settlement.

A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

A small terrotorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] -- Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's le…

s; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.

court established for the recovery of small debts, in London and other trading cities and districts. [Eng.] Blackstone. -- In conscience, In all conscience, in deference or obedience to conscience or reason; in reason; reasonably. "This is enough in conscience." Howell. "Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as m…

The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.