Talk:By-law

Emphasis

I think this article may need a change of emphasis; I think the rarely referred to historical context needs to come in a sub-paragraph rather than the lead, and more focus should be detailed on the constitutional nature of the various types of by-law. --Legis (talk – contribs) 11:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The term seems to have specific meaning for some governments, and a more general meaning for other organizations. The distinction needs to be spelled out by someone with expert knowledge. Lou Sander (talk) 16:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I just added the link that a used removed. As an attorney, I refer my clients to the template I put a link to on wikipedia. Unlike most websites that strickly put crap legal templates on the web with google ads, the site I put a link to just provides good legal forms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.145.87.119 (talk) 22:18, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

A possibly missing meaning

What about this: By-Law on The Notification of The Technical Legislation and Standards between Turkey and the European Union? If an instrument with this name was adopted by a government (board of ministers), is this a wrong use of the word by-law or does this article just miss this kind of word usage? (I mean, this is neither local nor corporate by-law). 62.65.192.82 (talk) 01:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I found that in this title the word probably referred to a EU directive.62.65.192.81 (talk) 02:15, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

By-law versus Constitution

I came to this page looking for the difference between these two types of documents. Perhaps this could be a future update that is made. --Robthepiper (talk) 05:17, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Spelling variants

Byelaw

Is Byelaw a valid alternate spelling to bylaw? Syd1435 23:38, 2004 Nov 22 (UTC)

uh, probably not today. Its more likely an old and now outdated spelling (due to changes in language) Emb021 July 10 2006

Sorry, you're wrong. Byelaw is the correct spelling, By is the butchered up version. In fact, the word "By" itself is incorrect. It was, and always will be "Bye", which is more similar to its roots. I believe "Byelaw" is used in Europe more frequently, whereas "Bylaw" is used by the yanks, due to their habit of shortening words within their dialect. --MadCat 18:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

i think that statement calls for a quotation. Dkviking 17:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

In australia (founded by the english) we say bylaw and my grandma says bylaw (shes from england) rainyrox101

"by-law" vs "bylaw"

Pacerier (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2016 (UTC): ❝

Why is this article called "by-law" instead of "bylaw"?

Webster doesn't even have an entry for the word "by-law".

Should we rename the article to "bylaw"?

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Agreed based on:

• Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bylaw
• https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bylaw
• Burton's Legal Thesaurus, 4E.
• American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
• The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications
• Adams, Ken (February 23, 2008). ""Bylaws" or "By-laws"?". Adams on Contract Drafting. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

Sondra.kinsey (talk) 16:25, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

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By-law → Bylaw – Current most popular spelling of reliable sources Sondra.kinsey (talk) 16:21, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). BilCat (talk) 16:32, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

• Comments – From reading the article lead, this appears to be a WP:ENGVAR, and as such needs to be discussed first. Evidence that "bylaw" is the current spelling in Commonwealth countries needs to be presented. BilCat (talk) 16:32, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose Where's the evidence? Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:34, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
• Comment just as an example in the UK http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ uses "By-Laws". MilborneOne (talk) 15:55, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
• Comment @Laurel Lodged: the evidence is cited above in section #Spelling variants Sondra.kinsey (talk) 00:50, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose - I dont see any reason to change as By-law is an accepted and common form that appears in at least British government legislation. MilborneOne (talk) 10:09, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose by a margin of 690,000 to 12,000. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:30, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

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