Legal Definition and Related Resources of Municipal law
Meaning of Municipal law
In contradistinction to international law is the system of law proper to any single nation or state. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. 1 Bl. Comm. 44. Municipal law contrasts with international law, in that it is a system of law proper to a single nation, state, or community. In any one state, the municipal law of another state is foreign law. A conffict of laws arises where a case arising in one state involves foreign persons or interests, and the foreign and the domestic law do not agree as to the proper rule to be applied. The various provinces of municipal law are characterized according to the subjects with which they respectively treat; as, “criminal or penal law,” “civil law,” “military law,” and the like. “Constitutional law,” “commercial law,” “parliamentary law,” and the like, are departments of the general province of civil law, as distinguished from criminal and military law.
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Municipal law in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
The rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong; also, the laws of a locality. 1 Bl. Com. 44; 15 Barb. 114. Defines the just and necessary limits of natural liberty. 1 Shars. Bl. Com. 127. A city ordinance is not a law in this sense.
Note: This legal definition of Municipal law in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Municipal law in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of municipal law.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- municipal law in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- municipal law in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
In international relations, this term refers to law within the domestic context of states.
In international relations, this term refers to law within the domestic context of states.
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