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Definition of Byrlaw
1. Noun. ''(obsolete except in historical references)'' the local customs and laws of a settlement or district ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Byrlaw
1. a local law [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byrlaw
Literary usage of Byrlaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"MS. Brit. Mus., Rawlinson, 487, fol. 66, p. 1. a. 167 " Burlata, byrlaw. ...
elected and chosen by common consent in the Courts called the byrlaw Courts. ..."
2. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1887)
"Bir, in the Gaelic, means short (от) ; So byrlaw may mean short law, or speedy
justice. Bur, in the Gaelic, signifies a clown, ..."
3. Catholicon Anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook, dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"... or byrlaw, laws determined by persons elected by common consent of neighbours,"
and ... byrlaw court, a court of neighbours, residing in the country, ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1886)
"... elected and chosen be common consent, in the courts called the byrlaw courts,
... and arbitrators to the effect foresaid, are commonly called byrlaw- ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1886)
"... elected and chosen be common consent, in the courts called the byrlaw courts,
... and arbitrators to the effect foresaid, are commonly called byrlaw- ..."
6. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1895)
"(2) A district having its own byrlaw court ... but for various local duties, as
the framing an(l executing of byrlaw, looking after nuisances, ..."
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