(adj) relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality, Example: municipal government; municipal bonds; a municipal park; municipal transportation
(adj) of or relating to the government of a municipality; - J.L.kuntz, Example: international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law
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 ]
n. [ L. munificentia: cf. F. munificence. ] The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity. Syn. -- Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty; bounteousness. See Benevolence. [ 1913 Webster ]
The virtues of liberality and munificence. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy. ] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous. [1913 Webster]
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