MUNICIPALITY  , a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TERM

term (derived from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium; see below), now used both for a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city or See also:

• TOWN

town which is organized for self-See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government under a municipal See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation, and also for the governing See also:

• BODY

body itself . Such a corporation in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain consists of a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head as a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor or See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost, and of See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior members, as aldermen and councillors, together with the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple corporators, who are represented by the governing body; it acts as a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person by its See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal, and has a perpetual See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, with See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to hold lands subject to the restrictions of the See also:

• MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. Lat. mortua manus, dead hand)

Mortmain See also:

• LAWS

laws; and it can See also:

• SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue or be sued . Where necessary for its See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, every corporation has power to make by-laws and to enforce them by penalties, provided they are not unjust or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the objects of the See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter or other See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation . See See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

BOROUGH, See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

COMMUNE, CORPORATION, See also:

• LOCAL

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, See also:

• FINANCE

FINANCE, &c., and for details of the functions of the municipal government see the sections under the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general headings of the different countries and the sections on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of these countries .