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De - Pt| English Dictionary: municipal | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. 2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. --Blackstone. | |
