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by law
adverb as in legally
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She said: “They said that because of a by-law I had to have the body cremated or buried within 24 hours after digging it up.”
Everybody joked about the by-law requiring members to pay ten per cent.
Any expense incurred by the club through an infringement of this by-law shall be paid by the member offending.
She was used to being a law to herself, but she knew what she might and might not do, so that she was rather a by-law.
There was no local by-law to forbid such a thing, or if there was, no one dreamt of obeying it.
Have a strong town by-law passed and see that it is enforced.
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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to by law, such as: constitutionally, justly, lawfully, legitimately, admittedly, and allowably.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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