bylaw
Plural: bylaws
Noun
- A rule made by a local authority, organization, or company.
- a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
- A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
- A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
- A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
- A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
Examples
- The club’s BYLAW stated that dictionary challenges must be made before the next turn.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
bylaw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbylaw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bylaw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
bylaw: valid Words With Friends Word