district attorney

noun

: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district

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The district attorney’s offices in both counties review every search warrant application before it’s sent to a judge. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025 Beth McCann — the first woman elected as Denver's district attorney — spent the past eight years reshaping the city's criminal justice system. Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025 Aside from police investigators, a medical examiner's office and a small-town district attorney, no one knows what happened to long-time high school friends Ricky Johnson, 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for district attorney 

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of district attorney was in 1789

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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/district%20attorney. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

district attorney

noun
: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district

Legal Definition

district attorney

noun
: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district see also state's attorney

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