different between bylaw vs edict

English

Alternative forms

• byrlaw (obsolete)
• by-law
• bye-law, byelaw

Etymology

From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English b?lage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + l?g (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ba?.l?/

Noun

bylaw (plural bylaws)

1. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
2. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
3. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

Translations

See also

• bylaw officer

References

Anagrams

• bawly

English

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.d?kt/

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

Translations

Anagrams

• cited, ticed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ?dictum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: edict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: edik

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin edictum

Noun

edict n (plural edicte)

1. edict

Declension