Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization.
- noun A secondary law.
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- noun A local
custom orlaw of a settlement or district. - noun A
rule made by alocal authority toregulate its ownaffairs . - noun A
law or rule governing theinternal affairs of anorganization (e.g., corporation or business).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Implicit in the bylaw was the clear understanding that the city has every reason to be involved in the garbage business.
Thestar.com - Home Page Christopher Hume 2011
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Chambers' grounds in 2008 were that the bylaw was a breach of his right to work.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Paul Kelso 2011
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The party will also seek to alter the suit so that it now challenges the second council decision rather than the originally bylaw, which is now moot, president Stephen Thiele said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Daniel Dale 2010
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski called the bylaw "horrible" and "totally wrong," in a post-pratice press conference.
SI.com 2010
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Weezie is really the only one who knows the full story of how she somehow found her way up to Whitehorse and eventually hanging around the Barracks apartments in Takhini, where a kind resident eventually gave her some food and called the bylaw about her.
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Some drivers said they weren't aware of the bylaw, which is only two months old, Katolyk said.
London Free Press 2009
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A: Yes, in the bylaw drafted by Evan Belanski and Town Council (Kopelman and Paige of Boston) they have stated that the bylaw is a legal, non-monopolizing bylaw.
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The maximum penalty for anyone convicted of an offence under the bylaw is a fine up to $20,000.00.
ScreenTalk 2009
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JP Smith, the city's mayoral committee member for safety and security, said the seven-storey block, whose entrance is in Keerom Street near the Cape High Court, would be the first candidate for the problem buildings bylaw which is expected to be passed at the end of the month.
IOL: News 2010
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JP Smith, the city's mayoral committee member for safety and security, said the seven-storey block, whose entrance is in Keerom Street near the Cape High Court, would be the first candidate for the problem buildings bylaw which is expected to be passed at the end of the month.
IOL: News 2010
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