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bye-law

bye-law is the alternative spelling 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 bye-law

pluralbye-laws

Questions about bye-law

What is bye-law the alternative spelling of?
Bye-law is the alternative spelling of bylaw.

Words near bye-law in the dictionary

  1. bye-byes
  2. bye-election
  3. bye-elections
  4. bye-lane
  5. bye-lanes
  6. bye-law
  7. bye-laws
  8. bye-letter
  9. bye-letters
  10. bye-place
  11. bye-places

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bye-law (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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