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> I guess the US does use bylaw, but it seems to always be rules and regulations that companies make. In the USA we call local laws “ordinances”. In US Englis
by efitz 3y ago
> I guess the US does use bylaw, but it seems to always be rules and regulations that companies make.
In the USA we call local laws “ordinances”. In US English, “by-law” relates to a set of rules associated with a contractually-created body, like a homeowners association.
- werdnapk 3y agoIn Canada, it's bylaws and not ordinances made by local government.
- kalupa 3y agoand they're called by-laws when set by a condo or strata, too! (in Canada)
- colanderman 3y agoThe US (New England) town I live in calls them bylaws.
- red-iron-pine 3y agothe state and local level can call them whatever they want, which is why a lot of older, eastern states in the US have definitions for things like hamlets. the Dillon Rule lets the states define that however they want, and the FedGov ain't setting local HOA rules.
- 1234letshaveatw 3y agoThe FedGov is if you take into account stuff like satellite dishes
- jkaplowitz 3y agoAnd in NYC, local laws are quite literally called local laws. These bits of terminology vary widely across the US.