Meaning of MUNICIPAL
| Pronunciation: | | myoo'nisupul
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- [adj] of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerant to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz
- [adj] relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mu*nic"i*pal\, a. [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a
town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of
Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free
town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free
citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take:
cf. F. municipal. Cf. {Immunity}, and {Capacoius}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the
right of administering local government; as, municipal
rights; municipal officers.
2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of
civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a
state. --Blackstone.
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| | Related Terms: | | borough, burghal, citified, city, civic, civil, council, downtown, home, inland, internal, interurban, intestine, metropolitan, midtown, national, native, oppidan, parish, suburban, town, uptown, urban, village |
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