municipality – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
municipality
n.
city or district with its own government, city council; governing body of the local area
Municipality
A
municipality is usually an urban
administrative division having
corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction. The term
municipality is also used to mean the governing, ruling body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a
special-purpose district. The term is derived from
French "municipalité" and
Latin "municipalis".
municipality
Noun
1. an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
(hypernym) urban area, populated area
(hyponym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-meronym) ward
2. people living in a town or city having local self-government
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) city, metropolis
Municipality
(n.)
A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Municipal, Municipality
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. 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.
MUNICIPALITY - The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
