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Definition: BY-LAW |
BY-LAWNoun1. 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. 2. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. |
Date "BY-LAW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | A law, ordinance, or regulation made by a public or private corporation or an association. . . for the regulation of its own local or internal affairs and its dealings with others. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BY-LAW |
| English words defined with "BY-LAW": Birlaw. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Lebanon | In 1996 the Ministry of the Interior notified organizations that they must invite Ministry representatives to a general assembly in which votes are held for by-law amendments or in which elections are held for positions on the board of directors. (references) |
Trade | Australia | The Project By-Law Scheme (PBS) allows eligible capital equipment for major resource, agriculture and infrastructure projects to be imported free of import duty, in the absence of Australian-produced equipment of similar technological sophistication. (references) |
Women | Uganda | On December 22, in the eastern district of Tororo, a referendum was held to reform the 1964 bride-price by-law. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BY-LAW" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.45% of the time. "BY-LAW" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.45% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BY-LAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | частно правило, местен закон. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 准法律. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bygningsreglement (architectural by-law, architectural regulation, building bye-law, building regulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bouwverordening (architectural by-law, architectural regulation, building bye-law, building regulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | règlement intérieur, règlement, arrêté (by law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Satzung (constitution, rules, standing rule, statute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αρχιτεκτονικός κανονισμός (architectural by-law, architectural regulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | helyhatósági rendelet (bye-law, ordinance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | legge locale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | leigh er lheh (bye-law), fo-leigh (bye-law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | y-lawbay regulamento (ordinance, regulation, regulations, rule, rules, statute), estatuto (constitution, rule, statute). (various references) decizie datã de o autoritate localã. (various references) ordenanza de edificación (architectural by-law, architectural regulation). (various references) lokal förordning. (various references) กฎระเบียบของสโมสรหรือบริษัท (bye-law). (various references) регламент (order, time limit), підзаконний акт, постанова місцевого органу влади. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"BY-LAW" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bl-lac, bylag, bylak, Oy-als. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bylaw. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l-w-y" | |
-1 letter: ably, bawl, blaw, waly, yawl. | |
-2 letters: aby, alb, awl, bal, bay, lab, law, lay, wab, way, yaw. | |
-3 letters: ab, al, aw, ay, ba, by, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-l-w-y" | |
+1 letter: brawly, byelaw, bylaws, wabbly, wambly. | |
+2 letters: bawdily, beltway, byelaws, wallaby, waybill. | |
+3 letters: avowably, beltways, brawnily, cableway, swayable, waybills. | |
+4 letters: allowably, cableways, renewably, twayblade. | |
+5 letters: backwardly, sewability, twayblades. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 59 2D 4C 41 57 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01011001 00101101 01001100 01000001 01010111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B Y - L A W |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0059 002D 004C 0041 0057 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365915463557 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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