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By-law   Listen
noun
By-law  n.  
1.
A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. "There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations." "The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law."
2.
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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"By-law" Quotes from Famous Books



... say so. He had two miles to go through the storm, running all the way. The wind was in his face. Of course we all know what the storm was. His scoutmaster had told him not to leave camp. If this was an emergency then it comes under By-law Twenty-seven. You'll have to decide that. It was on account of the flood I took him, not on account of the bus. ...
— Tom Slade's Double Dare • Percy Keese Fitzhugh



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