precinct

(prēˈsĭngktˌ)

1. a. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
   b. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
2. An election district of a city or town.
3. a. A place or enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls. Often used in the plural: the mysterious precincts of the old monastery.
   b. A boundary: Hunting is not allowed within the precincts of the estate.
4. precincts The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs.
5. An area of thought or action; a province or domain. Often used in the plural: “It was in these spacious precincts that Dryden's imagination was most at home” (Mark Van Doren).