By-Laws
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
are. rules and ordinances made by a corporation for its own government. The power to make by-hws is usually conferred by express terms of the charter creating the corporation, though, when not expressly granted, it is given. by implication, and it is incident to the very existence of a corporation. When there is an express grant, limited to certain cases and for certain purposes, the corporate power of legislation is confined to the objects