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by-law
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By´-law`    (bī´-lạ`)
n.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.
Translations
by-law [ˈbaɪlɔː] n → arrêté municipal
by-law [ˈbaɪlɔː] n → Verordnung f


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