How to Use bylaw in a Sentence

bylaw

noun

• After its last series of civil wars, (the board) adopted bylaws that are bankrupting it.
  — Ben Fong-Torres, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
• The selection process bylaws provide that four to eight inductees will be selected.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 2 Jan. 2018
• Change of residence to a new school district is the most common exception to the transfer bylaw.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• The selection-process bylaws provide that four to eight inductees will be selected.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Burt claimed in his letter that Visit KC’s bylaws don’t grant Pistilli that kind of authority.
  — Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 21 Dec. 2017
• Alison Hawkins, the Roundtable’s vice president of communications, says the group will nail down its new bylaws in the weeks ahead, then formalize an agenda.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
• Jones said the fight over the bylaws was a clash of old and new ways.
  — Alander Rocha, al, 26 Jan. 2023
• But at the time, the club’s bylaws required a two-thirds majority to change a club rule.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 May 2024
• The state approved this plan and still has not acknowledged that bylaw or spoken to the town about it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• In Brookline, the bylaw is a source of pride for some and deep frustration for others.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• That bylaw change is on the agenda for the owners meetings next week in the Orlando area.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
• League bylaws required that at least 24 of 32 owners approve the deal.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• In that case, those bodies would have to remove the board member, according to the bylaws.
  — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Policy researched the issue and didn’t see anything in the bylaws to stop it.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2018
• Destiny Church's bylaws call for the congregation to give away 10 percent of the tithes that come in each year.
  — Julie Zauzmer, Houston Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2018
• There is also the matter of writing new bylaws for the new party term, which is what started the dispute in the first place.
  — Nick Powell, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
• Acton’s bylaw was the first to pass, in May, and caps the number allowed within town limits at two.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• Though the World Cup winner has respected the bylaw, her beliefs have not changed.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 28 June 2019
• So, if the bylaws ban proxies, the election rules may not re-establish their use.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
• The bylaws state that anything not addressed in the bylaws is governed by Robert's Rules of Order.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
• Oh, and Jughead challenges Brett to a duel at the episode’s end, as is mandated by the Quill & Skull bylaws, or some such.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 30 Jan. 2020
• One of the committee's first tasks will be to establish bylaws.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2019
• Kasparian is required by the bylaws of Local 135 to stand for re-election by the end of this year.
  — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
• In previous years, the Hall's bylaws had been that between four and eight new members were to be chosen each year.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 1 Feb. 2020
• In a brief discussion, the board did not set a date for the bylaw’s implementation.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• The suit stated that Charter Oak’s bylaws allow the board to amend them in order to modify the board’s term limits.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2024
• The group now is working on its bylaws with the Birmingham city attorneys to outline the scope of its mission.
  — al.com, 2 July 2019
• Many students have been doxxed and harassed for their connection to the bylaw, Mr. Chemerinsky said.
  — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• In an impassioned speech – sketched out on little notecards, no less – Rhys had managed to sway enough of the fence-sitting members, and the bylaws had been amended.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
• Board members are selected by residents to manage the HOA and enforce rules and bylaws.
  — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024