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/rˌɛgjəlˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Regulation n.

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. "The temper and regulation of our own minds."

A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Regulation sword, Regulation cap, Regulation uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.

Synonyms: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Regulation" Quotes from Famous Books

... penalties of the law immediately are again in operation. On the other hand, in the countries of Continental Europe the officials are not subject to the common law but to the Droit Administratif or Administrative Law, which is an official law for the regulation or trial of officials. The average European would consider it almost an act of sacrilege to hale an official into court like ...

— Socialism and American ideals • William Starr Myers

... a little, but in the family the name held. Our man Hiram said nothing, but I think in private he called her "Fan" or "Beauty" or "Lady," or some such regulation stable name. ...

— More Jonathan Papers • Elisabeth Woodbridge

... said, "is not for regulation by law. No one has the right," he declared, with an emphatic thump on the bar, "to dictate to the individual on the subject." He went on at high pressure in a heated crescendo for some moments, denouncing any interference by public ...

— The One-Way Trail - A story of the cattle country • Ridgwell Cullum

... my business, sir, meaning no offence," retorted Mr. Hobson serenely. "When I has no orders I acts on regulation. I brought no one with me because I had no one to bring, having sent, as per regulation, my one remaining man to give notice to the water service, seeing that that there schooner has had the impudence to come back, ...

— The Light of Scarthey • Egerton Castle

... many books that I, though a man of no great erudition, can remember, which gain much of interest from the pertinent and appropriate comments with which the writer has seen fit to illustrate any striking situation. From such books an observing man may often draw the exactest rules for the regulation of life and conduct, and their authors may therefore be esteemed public benefactors. Among these I, Jasper Trenoweth, can claim no place; yet I venture to think my history will not altogether lack interest—and this for two reasons. It deals with the last chapter (I pray Heaven it be the ...

— Dead Man's Rock • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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