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Bylaw

//ˈbaɪ.lɔ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  2. 2
    a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members wordnet
  3. 3
    A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs. in-plural, often
  4. 4
    A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.; A numbered provision within such kind of legislation. countable, in-plural, often, singular
  5. 5
    A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

Etymology

From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English bīlage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + lǫg (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag.

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