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The term 'hyl' is pretty much only used as a noun. It can be used as a pali verb meaning 'to be the law' (the derived form 'ikhýl' can mean 'be illegal'). 'Hyl' refers specifically to official, government-passed laws or to things like the laws of nature and not to just any rule. The term comes from Old Common. It appears that Davidson may have coined it by taking the word 'hal', to place or set, and raising the vowel to put it in the abstract gender, a word formation strategy that Davidson used a number of times.

The modifier form 'hylys' means 'legal', either that something is permitted under the law or in th sense of pertaining to law, and the derived form 'ikhýlys' means 'illegal'. In Common, however, ikhýlys doesn't always necessarily mean forbidden by law, it can also mean something like 'not legally approved', which makes sense if you have experienced the 'that which is not forbidden is not necessarily permitted' sensibility of NWO law.