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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Municipal \Mu*nic"i*pal\, adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
municipal
adjective
1: relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"
2: 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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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