Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A certain system of popular jurisprudence formerly prevailing in northern England and Scotland.
- noun A district within which the system prevails.
- noun A parish meeting.
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- noun the local customs and laws of a settlement or district
Etymologies
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From Old Norse býjar (genitive of býr ‘village, settlement’) + lagu ‘law’.
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