Home rule Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

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Definitions
  1. rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament.

Webster 1913