About The Word Municipal
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Municipal
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Municipal: domestic Related Terms | Find terms related to Municipal: borough | burghal | citified | city | civic | civil | council | downtown | home | inland | internal | interurban | intestine | metropolitan | midtown | national | native | oppidan | parish | suburban | town | uptown | urban | village See Also | Municipal In Webster's Dictionary \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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