municipal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
    • municipal government
    • municipal bonds
    • a municipal park
    • municipal transportation
  2. adjective satellite of or relating to the government of a municipality
    • international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz

WordNet

Mu*nic"i*pal adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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 1913