mid 16th cent. (originally relating to the internal affairs of a state as distinct from its foreign relations): from Latin municipalis(from municipiumfree city, from municeps, municip-citizen with privileges, from muniacivic offices) + caperetake
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noun
1.relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality;
municipal government
2.of or relating to the government of a municipality;
international law...only authorizes a belligerant to punish a spy under its municipal law- J.L.kuntz