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By-law

Definition: A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation
made by a corporation for its own government.

By-law

Definition: 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.