bylaw
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Definition of bylaw
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
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noun
- A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
- (in-plural, often)A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
- (countable, in-plural, often, singular)A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
- A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
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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;…
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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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