MUNICIPAL

municipal. Municipal, a. belonging to a corporation or city

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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. 1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
2. 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.