Definition of City council

1. Noun. A municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc..

Generic synonyms: Council

Definition of City council

1. Noun. A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of City Council

city
city-born
city-bred
city-council
city administrator
city administrators
city banker
city bankers
city block
city blocks
city boy
city boys
city break
city center
city centre
city council (current term)
city councils
city desk
city district
city editor
city father
city fathers
city girl
city girls
city hall
city halls
city limit
city limits
city line
city man

Literary usage of City council

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The 7th section is in these words: "That it shall be the duty of the said city council, and it is hereby authorized to contract with the said companies, ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"The board may then order the improvement, but must recommend to the city council a form of ordinance authorizing it, and establishing an assessment district ..."

3. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States, United States Congress. Senate (1877)
"The city council of Baltimore shall consist of two branches, one of which shall be called the first branch, and the other the second branch; and each shall ..."

4. City Government in the United States by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1904)
"Decay of city council. This feeling that the council is a useless part of the city government in the United States has found expression in municipal ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"As a franchise-granting authority the city council has usually made its most ... The role of the city council in this particular field has accordingly ..."

6. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"HEARING BY CAMBRIDGE city council The Institute will not locate there unless certain streets on property are closed—There will be another hearing before ..."

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