DISTRICT. A certain portion of the country, separated from the rest for some special purposes. The United States are divided into judicial districts, in each of which is established a district court; they are also divided into election districts; collection districts, &c.
Here we have DISTRICT attorney's which attorn to the district of course. I thought it meant the District of Columbia. :/
That's where the surety is after all.
District:
Quebec:
In Quebec, districts are municipal electoral subdivisions of boroughs, which are subdivisions of cities. They function in a similar manner to what is elsewhere known as a ward."