Municipal \Mu*nic"i*pal\, a. [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.
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   2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
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            Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of
            civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a
            state.                                --Blackstone.
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	municipal
    adj 1: relating or belonging to or characteristic of a
           municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds";
           "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"
    2: of or relating to the government of a municipality;
       "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish
       a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz

	

	24 Moby Thesaurus words for "municipal":
   borough, burghal, citified, city, civic, civil, council, downtown,
   home, inland, internal, interurban, intestine, metropolitan,
   midtown, national, native, oppidan, parish, suburban, town, uptown,
   urban, village

	

	MUNICIPAL. 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. Com. Municipal is used in contradistinction to 
international; thus 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 offence.