the.com/bylaws
the fine print your club wrote so future you can't ruin it.
means internal rules an organization adopts to govern its own operations, separate from the laws that let it exist.
from from old norse byr meaning town or settlement, plus law — literally town laws, local rules for local matters, as opposed to the crown's business.
not government lawlegally binding only within the organization itself
boring but powerfulmost corporate disputes hinge on bylaw wording
amendableusually changeable by member vote, unlike founding charters