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municipal 音標拼音: [mjun'ɪsəpəl] a. 市政的,自治區的,內政的 市政的,自治區的,內政的 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. kuntzMunicipal \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. [ 1913 Webster] Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 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, villageMUNICIPAL. 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. |
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