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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.

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