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bylaw

[bahy-law] / ˈbaɪˌlɔ /


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In April, the Cairngorms National Park Authority introduced a bylaw making it illegal to start a fire or a BBQ during the summer months to prevent wildfires.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

Seven Poly athletes are listed in the Southern Section transfer portal as having been denied eligibility for two years for violating bylaw 202.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

The next town over, Pittsfield, passed a bylaw outlawing baseball to protect the windows of its meetinghouse—all the way back in 1791.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

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

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

In exchange for its $1.5 billion infusion, Oaktree gets the right to veto changes to the company’s C-suite and corporate bylaws and to force UWM to buy out its stake after seven years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

District Court in Dallas protecting the conference’s ability under its bylaws to sanction Texas Tech, a member school, if Sorsby played this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Miss Mortimer tucked her yellowed copy of the bylaws out of sight.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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