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Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'By-Law'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/by-law.html. 1828.
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