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A municipal corporation is a�city, town, village, or county that has been incorporated by a state and is authorized to administer local, governmental affairs, e.g. to establish a police force. A municipal corporation is created by a state's legislature which also controls, inter alia, its duration, rights, and powers.�Also called a municipality.

See, e.g.�Barnes v. District of Columbia, 91 U.S. 540 (1875).