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birlaw

birlaw is the obsolete form of bylaw.

Meaning of bylaw

Noun

bylaw (plural bylaws)

  1. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  2. (in plural, often) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
    Synonyms:
    ordinance
    1. (countable, in plural, often, singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  3. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

Forms of birlaw

pluralbirlaws

Questions about birlaw

What is birlaw the obsolete form of?
Birlaw is the obsolete form of bylaw.

Words near birlaw in the dictionary

  1. Birkthwaite
  2. Birky
  3. Birkys
  4. birl
  5. birladie
  6. birlaw
  7. birlaws
  8. birle
  9. birled
  10. birler
  11. birlers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: birlaw (page history and authors); bylaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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