Mu-nĭç'i-pal, a.
a. [Fr., Pr., Sp., & Pg. municipal, It. municipale, Lat. municipalis, from municipium, a town in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, from municeps, an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen, from munia, official duties, functions, and capere, to take.]
- Pertaining to a corporation or city; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
- 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.