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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: By-law \By"-law`\ (b[imac]"-l[add]`), n. [Cf. Sw bylag, D. bylov Icel. b[=y]arl["o]g, fr Sw & Dan. by town, Icel. b[ae]r, byr (fr. b[^u]a to dwell) + the word for law; hence a law for one town, a special law. Cf {Birlaw} and see {Law}.] 1. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. --Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. --Addison. 2. A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it a rule relating to a matter of detail; as civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by meaning secondary or aside. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bylaw n : a rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs [syn: {bye law}]
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