- A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation
made by a corporation for its own government. - 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.
- authoritative laws - Decree - Local law - Official decree - Regulation - Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. - A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of
action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an
edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government;
as, a municipal ordinance.