Bylaw

Definition: Bylaw

Bylaw

Noun

1. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.

Date "bylaw" was first used: 1280. (references)

Synonym: Bylaw

Synonym: bye law (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Legality	Legislature; law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon; (precept); ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree; (order); ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite; (choice).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Bylaw

Specialty definitions using "bylaw": municipal bylaw. (references)

"Bylaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bylaw" is used about 5 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)	100%	5	157,705

Expression using "bylaw": municipal bylaw. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "bylaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		urdhëresë (fiat, ordinance). (various references)

Arabic		‏نظام داخلي, ‏نظام (arrangement, array, cosmos, discipline, framework, limitation, measure, method, order, orderliness, organism, organization, prescript, rank, regulation, setup, shape, system), ‏قانون داخلي, ‏حسب القانون. (various references)

Czech		pravidlo (ordinance, precept, regulation, rule), nařízení (appointment, decrement, fiat, mandate, order, ordinance, ordination, regulation, statute), místní předpis. (various references)

Dutch		gemeenteverordening (municipal ordinance), gemeentelijke verordening (municipal ordinance). (various references)

Farsi		نظامنامه (Manual, Precept, Workbook), قانون فرعی وضمنی , قانون ویژه , اءین نامه (Regulation). (various references)

Finnish		ohjesääntö (regulations, ruleorder). (various references)

French		système � l'intérieur, règlement municipal, règlement communal, loi interne. (various references)

German		ortsstatut. (various references)

Greek		κανονισμόσ (adjustment, arrangement, regulation, standing orders). (various references)

Hebrew		חוק עזר. (various references)

Indonesian		anggaran rumah tangga. (various references)

Pig Latin		ylawbay

Russian		распоряжение (command, dictation, disposal, disposition, say so), постановление (ordinance, prescript). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zakon (law, lex, statute), statut (statute, statute book), mesni propis. (various references)

Spanish		reglamento (regulation, regulations, rules), ordenanza municipal (Municipal By Law), estatuto (statute). (various references)

Swedish		stadga (consistency, consolidate, direct, enact, fastness, order, ordinance, statute, stem, substance). (various references)

Turkish		kararname (decree), iç tüzük (standing orders). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bylaw": bylaws. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bylaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bayla, Biela, bileaw, blaw, Blyxa, boyla, Boylan, byl, bylag, bylak, bylo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	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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