URBAN. Relating to a city; but in a more general sense it signifies relating to houses. 2. It is used in this latter sense in the civil code of Louisiana, articles 706 and 707. All servitudes are established either for the use of houses or for the use of lands. Those of the first kind are called urban servitudes, whether the buildings to which they are due be situated in the city or in the country. Those of the second kind are called rural servitudes. 3. The principal kinds of urban servitudes are the following: the right of support; that of drip; that of drain, or of preventing the drain, that of view or of lights, or of preventing the view or lights from being obstructed: that of raising buildings or walls, or of preventing them from being raised that of passage and that of drawing water. Vide 3 Toull. p. 441; Poth. Introd. au tit. 13 de la Coutume d'Orleans, n. 2; Introd. Id. n. 2.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Urban \Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. [1913 Webster]

2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners. [1913 Webster]

Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

urban adj
1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant: rural]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Urban \Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.]

1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.

2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.

Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)