home rule. A state legislative provision or action allocating a measure of autonomy to a local government, conditional on its acceptance of certain terms. Cf. LOCAL OPTION. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 65. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 122, 140–141, 143.] “Home rule in the United States was sometimes envisioned in its early days as giving the cities […]
A state legislative provision or action allocating a measure of autonomy to a local government, conditional on its acceptance of certain terms. Cf. LOCAL OPTION. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 65. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 122, 140–141, 143.]
home rule (1)〈美〉地方自治 州宪法或类似立法授予地方市镇一定自治权以分配州和地方政府间权力的规定，地方政府如接受上述条款，即构成自治。 (→local option) (2)〔H- R-〕〈英〉地方自治运动 为建立基本或完全独立于威斯敏斯特的民族政府，改变1707年《与苏格兰合并法》〔Acts of Union (with Scotland)〕及1800年《与爱尔兰合并法》所确立的中央集权政策而于1870年至1921年在爱尔兰、1850年起在苏格兰进行的运动的总称。