bylaw

See also: by-law

English

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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.[1]

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Noun

bylaw (plural bylaws)

  1. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  2. (often in the plural) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
    Synonym: (US) ordinance
    1. (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  4. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

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References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "by-law | bye-law, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.

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