Bylaw vs Decree - What's the difference?
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A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
An edict or law.
* Bible, Luke ii. 1
* Shakespeare
(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
To command by a decree.
* Bible, Job xxii. 28
As nouns the difference between bylaw and decree
is that bylaw is a local custom or law of a settlement or district while decree is an edict or law.As a verb decree is
to command by a decree.bylaw
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Alternative forms
* byrlaw (obsolete) * by-law, bye-law, byelawNoun
(en noun)See also
* bylaw officerdecree
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Noun
(en noun)- There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
Usage notes
* It is accurate to use the word judgment' for a decision of a '''court of law''', and '''decree''' from a ' court of equity , although the former term now includes both.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
(d)- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.