n. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation\n made by a corporation for its own government.\nn. A law that is less important than a general law or\n constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a\n matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and\n by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has\n probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.