Legal Definition and Related Resources of Municipal
Meaning of Municipal
Pertaining to a local government unit, such as that of a city or town or village . In broader sense, means pertaining to a state or a nation as distinct from that which is international, as in the term municipal law to be distinguished from international law .
Municipal Alternative Definition
Strictly, this word applies only to what belongs to a city. Among the Romans, cities were called municipia. These cities voluntarily joined the Roman republic in relation to their sovereignty only, retaining their laws, their liberties, and their magistrates, who were thence called “municipal magistrates.” With us this word has a more extensive meaning; for example, we call “municipal law” not the law of a city only, but the law of the state. 1 Bl. Comm. “Municipal” is used in contradistinction to “international.” Thus, we say, an offense against the law of nations is an international offense, but one committed against a particular state or separate community is a municipal offense.
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Grammar
This term is an adjetive.
Etimology of Municipal
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1540s, from Middle French municipal, from Latin municipalis “pertaining to a citizen of a free town, of a free town,” also “of a petty town, provincial,” from municipium “community, municipality, free town, city whose citizens have the privileges of Roman citizens but are governed by their own laws,” from municeps “native, citizen, inhabitant of a free town.” The second element is -cipere, combining form of capere “assume, take,” from PIE root *kap- “to grasp.” The first element is from munus (plural munia) “service performed for the community, duty, work,” also “public spectacle paid for by the magistrate, (gladiatorial) entertainment, gift,” from Old Latin moenus “service, duty, burden.” In de Vaan, this is reconstructed from Proto-Italic *moini-, *moinos- “duty, obligation, task,” from PIE *hmoino- “exchange” (source also of Sanskrit meni- “revenge,” Avestan maeini- “punishment, castigation,” Old Persian yau-maini- “power of revenge,” Middle Welsh tramwy, tremynu “to cross, pass,” Old Irish moin “value, treasure,” Welsh mwyn “value,” Lithuanian mainas “exchange,” Old Church Slavonic mena “exchange, substitution,” Gothic gamains, Old High German gimeins “common”). “All words are based on two stems, *munos- and *muni- ‘function, obligation.’ A municeps is one who ‘takes an obligation,’ communis ‘who partakes in the duties” [de Vaan]
Meaning of Municipal in the Past
Strictly, this word applies only to what belongs to a city. Among the Romans, cities were called municipia; these cities voluntarily joined the Roman republic about their sovereignty only, keeping, their laws, their liberties and their magistrates, who were
thence called municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) magistrates. With us this word has a more extensive meaning; for example, we call municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) law, not the law of a city only, but the law of the state. 1 Bl. Com. municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) is used in contradistinction to international; therefore, we say an offence against the law of nations is an international offence, but one committed against a particular state or separate community, is a municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) offence.[1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about municipal is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including municipal.
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