by-law

set of rules or law established by an organization or community
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Summary

by-law ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,250 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Main regulatory text: Article 94 of the Japanese Constitution[2], 대한민국 헌법 제117조[3], Local Autonomy Law[4], Local Autonomy Act[5]
  • Subclass of: legal transaction[6], guideline[7], legal act[8], statute[9]
  • Commons category: By-laws[10]
  • Has part(s): legal norm[11], corporate governance[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:By-laws[13]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
  • Main Wikidata property: P92[15], P6378[16]
  • Equivalent class: http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#Bylaw[17]
  • Different from: Satzung[18], Statut[19], Stanovy[20]
  • Properties for this type: P467[21], P131[22], P36[23], P1001[24], P2567[25], P2568[26], P7588[27], P3148[28]

Why It Matters

by-law has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] by-law is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Sitelink count → 39
    Equivalent class → http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#Bylaw
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#Bylaw"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0425906-stanovy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0425906-stanovy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P92, P6378
    Freebase id → /m/02l2jg, /m/01wc8l
    Has part(s) → legal norm, corporate governance
    Has parts → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007293391405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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