different between bylaw vs fiat

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 Latin f?at (“let it be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?æt/, /?fi.æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

fiat (plural fiats)

1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
   • 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73

     The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]

2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.

3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Translations

Derived terms

• fiat money
• fiat currency

Verb

fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)

1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

References

• fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• fita

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi?at/
• Rhymes: -at

Verb

fiat m (feminine fiada, masculine plural fiats, feminine plural fiades)

1. past participle of fiar

Latin

Verb

f?at

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of f??: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"
2. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of faci?: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"