mu·nic·i·pal 1 /myu̇-'ni-sə-pəl/ adj
1: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)
was sentenced by a court of municipal, not international, jurisdiction compare domestic
2 a: of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality
the municipal counsel
b: having local self-government
a municipal district
3: restricted to one locality
municipal 2 n: a security issued by a state or local government or by an authority set up by such a government
— usu. used in pl. see also municipal bond at bond 2
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.