Precinct

In English Law. The district for which a high or petty constable is appointed. Wilcox, Const, xii. In American Law, A district, usually of a subordinate character, marked out for governmental purpose. See 113 U. S. 516;

The district for which a high or petty constable is appointed is, In England, called a precinct. Wilcox, Const, xii. See Brooks v. Norris, 124 Mass. 172. Precinct is used, in certain legislation in Wyoming, relatively to assessing taxes on railroad property, as a general word and not a technical one, and indicates any district marked out and defined. It further signifies a district inferior to a county and superior to a township. Union P. R. Co. v. Cheyenne, 113 U. S. 524, 5 Sup. Ct. 601, 28 L. Ed. 1008. In Pennsylvania and other states it is used to indicate a subdivision of a city for election purposes.

The territory within which an officer may legally discharge the duties of his office; any district marked out and defined, as an election district '

The limits of an officer's jurisdiction, or of an election district. As used in the return to a process, the territory within which the officer may legally discharge the duties of his office.* A general word, indicating any district marked out and defined. In a given connection, may signify a district inferior to a county and superior to a township." In Wisconsin, formerly referred to certain districts having similar functions toithose of towns, and which passed away upon the formation of the first legislative ■ Colton V. Colton, 127 U. S. 312-21 (1888), cases, Matthews, J. See generally 20 Cent, Law J. 63-66 (1885), cases; 27 Am. Law Reg. 459-63 (1888), cases; 1 Perry, Trusts, §§ 112-23, cases. '1. Pre-oed'-ent. 2. Pr Sc'-e-dent. > On the value of, see 10 Va. Law J. 582 (1886). • Adams v. Vose, 1 Gray, 58 (1854), Dewey, J. » Brooks V. Norris, 124 Mass. 173 (1878), Colt, J. 524 districts after the admission of the State into the Union. The term is no longer used, ezcept, perhaps, occasionally as interchangeable with election district. *