bylaw
See also: by-law
English
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]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɔ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɑ/
Noun
bylaw (plural bylaws)
Translations
local custom or law
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rule made by a local authority
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law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization
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See also
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, "by-law | bye-law, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
Anagrams
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