bylaw

bylaw has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
• 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.
• n.. a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members