precinct

noun7

1. •
   (US) one of the parts of a city that has its own group of police
2. •
   (US) A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
3. •
   [in the plural] The general area surrounding a place, environs.
4. •
   (UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
5. •
   [in the plural] An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.

   • For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Person, of what Quality soever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace. — 1726
6. •
   (no longer used) A district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control.

   • But since I loue to liue at libertie, As easily may you get the Souldans crowne, As any prizes out of my precinct. — 1587
7. •
   (no longer used) A surrounding boundary or limit.