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Birlaws

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Burlaws, Byrlaws. [from G«nn. ^BWCf a countryman, and law.^ In Scotch law. Laws made by country people or husbandmen, respecting rural affairs. Skene in Beg. Maj. lib. 4, c. 39, § 8. Spelman, voc. Bellagines. Supposed by Spelman to be the same with by-laws.

See Burlaws.