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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality;
- Example: "municipal government"
- Example: "municipal bonds"
- Example: "a municipal park"
- Example: "municipal transportation"

2. of or relating to the government of a municipality;
- Example: "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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