Bylaw Definition
bīlô
bylaws, by-laws
noun
Any of a set of rules adopted by an organization or assembly for governing its own meetings or affairs.
Webster's New World
A secondary law.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- internal regulation
- standing rule
- local law
- ordinance
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Origin of Bylaw
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Middle English bilawe body of local regulations Danish by-lag township ordinance Old Norse bȳr settlement bheuə- in Indo-European roots Old Norse lagu law legh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Alteration of byrlaw, but popularly interpreted as by- (“town”) + law. Compare Danish bylov (“municipal law”).
From Wiktionary
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