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säännöt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bylaw noun A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  • canon noun A collection of works or rules officially accepted as genuine or authoritative, such as the accepted body of a writer's work or a set of religious texts.
  • code noun Instructions written in a programming language that a computer can run.

Senses

säännöt is used for these senses in English:

  • bylaw A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
  • canon In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • code Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
  • dos and don'ts A set of things that one should do or not do in a particular situation; a set of guidelines or rules that one has to or ought to follow.

bylaw — full definition

  1. noun A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  2. noun A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
  3. noun A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  4. noun A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

canon — full definition

  1. noun A collection of works or rules officially accepted as genuine or authoritative, such as the accepted body of a writer's work or a set of religious texts.
  2. noun A clergyman who serves on the staff of a cathedral.

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