Legal Definition and Related Resources of City
Meaning of City
A municipal corporation of statutory creation having only such limited powers of legislative enactments as are conferred on it by law of its creation. Aberdeen-Franklin Coal Co. v City of Chicago, 145 N.E. 613, 315 111. 99.
City Alternative Definition
In England. An incorporated town or borough which is or has been the see of a bishop. Co. Litt. 108; 1 Bl. Comm. 114; Cowell. A large town incorporated with certain privileges; the inhabitants of a city; the citizens. Worcester. Although the first definition here given is sanctioned by high authority, it is questionable if it is essential to its character as a city, even in England, that it has been at any time a see; and it certainly retains its character of a city after it has lost its ecclesiastical character (1 Steph. Comm. 115; 1 Bl. Comm. 114), and in the United States it is clearly unnecessary that it should ever have possessed this character. Originally, this word did not signify a town, but a portion of mankind who lived under the same government, what the Romans called dvitas, and the Greeks polis; whence the word politeia, dvitas seu reipublicae status et adrninistratio. TouUier, Dr. Civ. Fr. lib. 1, tit. 1, note 202; Henrion de Pansey, Pouvoir Municipal, pp. 36, 37. In the United States. The highest class of municipal corporation, having extensive municipal powers, required by the presence of a large population. A body politic and corporate established by law, not only to regulate and administer local affairs, but to assist in the civil government of the country. 133 111. 440.
Synonyms of City
noun
- megalopolis
- metropolis
- metropolitan area
- municipality
- polis
- urban district
- urban place
- urbanizationurbs
- Associated Concepts: city attorney
- city council
- city court
- city districts
- city employee
- city hall
- city limits
- city marshal
- city officer
- city purpose
- municipal corporations
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Concept of City in the context of Real Property
A short definition of City: Technically, a municipal corporation having voting by represen-tatives to operate its functions, rather than direct voting, as in a town. Commonly, any large incorporated town is called a city.
Concept of City in the context of Real Property
A short definition of City: Technically, a municipal corporation having voting by represen-tatives to operate its functions, rather than direct voting, as in a town. Commonly, any large incorporated town is called a city.
Definition of City
In relation to social issues, a meaning of city is provided here: tate – A self-governing city, often with surrounding lands it governs.
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