Multiple disciplines or specialties, such as a law firm that has many lawyers who specialize in various areas of law. … [Read more...]

Latin: In Roman law. A provincial person; a countryman. This was the designation of one born in the provinces or in a city politically connected with Rome, and who, having become a Roman citizen, was entitled to hold any offices at Rome except some of the highest. In the provinces the term seems to have been applied to the freemen of any city who were eligible to the municipal … [Read more...]

In equity pleading. The fault of improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them; as, for example, the uniting in one bill of several matters perfectly distinct and unconnected against one defendant or the demand of several matters of a distinct and independent nature against several defendants, in the same bill. Story, Eq. PL … [Read more...]

"Municipal" signifies that which belongs to a corporation or a city. The term includes the rules or laws by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. It may also mean local, particular, independent. Horton y. Mobile School Com'rs, 43 Ala. 598. "Municipal," in one of its meanings, is used in opposition to "international," and denotes that which pertains or … [Read more...]

Divided into many or several parts. … [Read more...]