How to Use bylaw in a Sentence

bylaw

noun

• There are monthly meetings and a documented set of bylaws that is 12 pages long.
  — Terrin Waack, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017
• The board oversees the library through bylaws, rules, and regulations.
  — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 20 June 2017
• Douglas previously stressed that all board members need to abide by the bylaws and exceptions can’t be made.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2024
• Laddie Lushin, the co-op attorney who has advised the board and helped draft its bylaws, confirmed that opinion.
  — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Sign stealing has always been legal under the NCAA bylaws, but with restrictions.
  — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• The city's election bylaws allow each candidate five days to secure additional signatures.
  — Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 5 July 2017
• The Democratic Committee’s bylaws require the group to support incumbents and give them the preferred line at the top of the ballot.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
• Our compliance staff strives to make sure our student-athletes are informed about all pertinent NCAA bylaws ...
  — Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
• The bylaws required successive votes during monthly meetings, and both came back against Burlington in a move based entirely on enrollment projections.
  — Gene Chamberlain, Elgin Courier-News, 19 June 2017
• Hamler said of her friend’s commitment to ensuring members followed the letter of the Links’ bylaws as parliamentarian.
  — Kimberly Armstrong, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2017
• 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 number is calculated from a Democratic bylaws formula, which is based on each state’s population and percentage of the total Democratic vote.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024