Municipal Courts

Courts whose jurisdiction extends only to the limits of a municipality. They are sometimes so called in the statutes creating them, but sometimes have other designations.

In the judicial organization of several states, courts are established under this name, whose territorial authority is confined to the city or community in which they are erected. Such courts usually have a criminal jurisdiction corresponding to that of a police court, and, in some cases, possess civil jurisdiction in small causes.

— Municipal law, in contradistinction to international law. the law of an individual state or nation. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. 1 Bl. Comm. 44. That which pertains solely to the citizens and inhabitants of a state, and is thus distinguished from political law, commercial law, and the law of nations. Wharton. And see Winspear v. Holman District Tp., 37 Iowa, 544; Root v. Erdelmyer, Wils. (Ind.) 99; Cook v. Portland, 20 Or. 580, 27 Pac. 263, 13 L. It. A. 533.

Defined under Municipal in Black's Law Dictionary.

In the judieial organization of several stutes, courts are established under this name, whose territorial authority is confined to the city or community in which they are erected. Such courts usually have a criminal jurisdiction corresponding to that of a police court, and, in some cases, possess civil jurisdiction in small causes.