bylaw means A local custom or law of a settlement or district. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
bylaw is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/.
Etymology
From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English bīlage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + lǫg (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag.
noun
- A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
- A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
- A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.; A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).