bylaw

See also: by-law

English

Alternative forms

• byrlaw (obsolete)
• by-law
• bye-law, byelaw

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.lɑ/

Noun

bylaw (plural bylaws)

1. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
2. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
3. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

Translations

local custom or law

• Catalan: usatge (ca) m, consuetud (ca) f, ordenança (ca) f
• Czech: vyhláška (cs) f
• Dutch: verordening (nl) f
• Finnish: sääntö (fi), järjestyssääntö
• German: Gemeindesatzung f
• Greek: κανονισμός (el) m (kanonismós)
• Hungarian: helyi törvény/szokás/szabályzat
• Irish: fodhlí m
• Maori: pāero
• Polish: prawo miejscowe n
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-lagh m, fo-lagh m
• Tagalog: patakarambatas
• Turkish: tüzük (tr)

rule made by a local authority

• Catalan: ordenances (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 附例 (fu⁶ lai⁶)

  Mandarin: 附例 (zh) (fùlì)

• Czech: vyhláška (cs) f
• Finnish: ohjesääntö
• German: Gemeindeverordnung f
• Hungarian: önkormányzati/helyhatósági rendelet/szabályrendelet
• Irish: fodhlí m
• Malay: undang-undang kecil (ms)
• Maori: pāero
• Polish: rozporządzenie władz lokalnych n
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-lagh m, fo-lagh m
• Spanish: ordenanza (es) f
• Turkish: belediye yönetmeliği
• Welsh: is-ddeddf f

law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization

• Catalan: estatut (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 附例 (fu⁶ lai⁶)

  Mandarin: 規章／规章 (zh) (guīzhāng), 公司章程 (gōngsī guīzhāng), 附例 (zh) (fùlì)

• Czech: stanova f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: huishoudelijk reglement n
• Esperanto: statuto
• Finnish: säännöt (fi) pl
• French: arrêté (fr) f, statuts (fr) m pl
• German: Satzung (de) f, Statut (de) n
• Greek: εσωτερικός κανονισμός m (esoterikós kanonismós)
• Hungarian: testületi/társasági/szervezeti szabályzat/alapszabály/rendelet
• Persian: آیین‌نامه (âyin-nâme)
• Polish: przepis wewnętrzny m, statut (pl) m
• Portuguese: estatuto (pt)
• Russian: уста́в (ru) m (ustáv)
• Spanish: estatuto (es) m
• Swedish: stadga (sv) c
• Turkish: tüzük (tr)
• Welsh: is-ddeddf f

See also

• bylaw officer

Anagrams

• bawly