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bylaw

[bahy-law] / ˈbaɪˌlɔ /


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Despite restrictions being in place, he said visitors and locals were "welcome to come and enjoy the park" while being aware of the high risk of wildfires and the parks fire bylaw.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Though a town body approved the expansion last March, a Nantucket bylaw requires residents to approve use of town-owned land for erosion-control projects at the annual Town Meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

It comes as part of new amendments to a bylaw under the NSL that the government gazetted on Monday.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Birmingham athletic director Rick Prizant, whose school is part of the West Valley League, is proposing to change bylaw 600.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

It breaks every bylaw but this school has always been antiquated.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

As a protective measure, the members tried to alter the club’s bylaws to raise the voting percentage required to approve a sale of the club, some members said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Working with the NCF for the past six years, Igwe has mobilised community leaders, local groups and security teams to protect the birds from outside hunters, with local bylaws now helping to formalise their protection.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

But its bylaws stipulate that the entity can be dissolved at any time, which means the billionaire could regain control of it as soon as his second term ends in 2029.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

ISS also complained that Exxon’s amended bylaws would provide “an exclusive forum provision” to litigate shareholder complaints in federal court in southern Texas or the state’s special business courts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

“No, Reverend. For meetings of this sort, the bylaws tell me I have to inform the minister, not invite him.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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