Definitions for: Municipal

[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"

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: domestic

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