local law

local law
The law of the jurisdiction in which the action or proceeding is pending. The state, as distinguished from the federal law. A law enacted by a municipal council or other law-making body of a political subdivision. A statute which in fact, if not in form, is directed only to a specific part of the state, being confined in its operation to the property or persons of a limited portion of the state, touching only a portion of the territory and people of the state. 50 Am J1st Stat §§ 8-10. As applied to statutes, the term is of modern origin, and is used to designate an act which operates only within a single city, county, or other particular division or place, and not throughout the entire legislative jurisdiction, in this sense, the term "local" is the antithesis of the word "general." State ex rel. Anderson v Tillamook, 62 Or 332, 124 P 637. See ordinance.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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