U.S. district courts are trial courts. State district courts are also often trial courts of general jurisdiction.

Courts of the United States, each having territorial jurisdiction over a judicial district which may include a whole state or only part of it. The district courts are the trial courts of the federal j [..]

District Courts are the intermediate courts in the hierarchies of most States of Australia. District Courts hear all but the most serious forms of indictable offence. They also act as appellate courts [..]