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Webster 1913 Edition


Municipal

Mu-nic′i-pal

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Municipal

MUNIC'IPAL

,
Adj.
[L.municipalis, from municeps, a person who enjoys the rights of a free citizen; munus, office, duty, and capio, to take.]
1.
Pertaining to a corporation or city; as municipal rights; municipal officers.
2.
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--
Municipal, as used by the Romans, originally designated that which pertained to a municipium, a free city or town. It still retains this limited sense; but we have extended it to what belongs to a state or nation, as a distinct, independent body. Municipal law or regulation respects solely the citizens of a state, and is thus distinguished from commercial law, political law, and the law of nations.

Definition 2024


municipal

municipal

English

Adjective

municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)

  1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
  2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

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Translations

Noun

municipal (plural municipals)

  1. (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
    • 2008 April 21, Julie Connelly, “Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields”, in New York Times:
      “This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.

External links

  • municipal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • municipal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Etymology

Latin municipalis (of or belonging to a citizen or a free town)

Adjective

municipal m, f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)

  1. municipal

French

Etymology

From Latin municipalis (of or belonging to a citizen or a free town), from municeps (a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town), from munus (duty) + capere (to take).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ni.si.pal/

Adjective

municipal m (feminine singular municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)

  1. municipal

Derived terms


Portuguese

Adjective

municipal m, f (plural municipais, comparable)

  1. municipal
  2. town (attributive)
  3. civic

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ni.siˈpal/

Adjective

municipal m, f (plural municipales)

  1. municipal

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