A public corporation, created by government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation; e. p., a county, town, city, etc. 2 Kent, Comm. 275.
An incorporation of persons, inhabitants of a particular place, or connected with a particular district, enabling them to conduct its local civil government Glov. Mun. Corp. 1.
In English law. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief towns of England (as of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from “incorporating” charters granted by the crown. Wharton. Municipal corporations act. In English law. A general statute. (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76,) passed in 1835, prescribing general regulations for the incorporation and government of boroughs. Quasi municipal corporations. Public corporations organized for governmental purposes and having for most purposes the status and powers of municipal corporations (such as counties, townships, and school districts), but not municipal corporations proper, such as cities and incorporated towns. See Snider v. St. Paul, 51 Minn. 466, 53 N. W. 768, 18 L. R. A. 151.