Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Hnnicipal

Defined in 1 dictionary — Kinney (1893)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Pertaining to a city, town or place having the right of local government; belonging to or affecting a particular state or separate community. Municipal aid: aid given by a municipality to an enterprise or undertaking supposed to be of public advantage, as the building of a railway, the establishment of an institution of learning, or the like. Xuniclpal bonds: negotiable bonds issued by a municipal corporation to procure the loan of money, for the purpose of extending municipa} aid, and the like. Municipal corporation: a public corporation; a corporation created for political purposes, and having subordinate legislative powers to be exercised for local purposes. Municipal law: the law by which a particular district, community or nation is governed; the law of a state or nation, as distinguished from international law.

In a stricter sense, the local law of a city or town.