rule

• Noun

  1. A regulation, law, guideline.
  2. A regulating principle.
  3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
  4. A normal condition or state of affairs.
  5. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
  6. An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
  7. A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
  8. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
  9. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
  10. A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

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