Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit..

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Grammatical :: Grammatical (a.) Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule..
Overrule :: Overrule (v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court..
Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute..
White-eye :: White-eye (n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit..
Heteroclitical :: Heteroclitical (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Move :: Move (v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king..
Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Misrule :: Misrule (n.) Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
Regency :: Regency (a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government..
Rule :: Rule (n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book..
Shebander :: Shebander (n.) A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies..
Trespass :: Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
Lord :: Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
Ruleless :: Ruleless (a.) Destitute of rule; lawless.
Misrule :: Misrule (v. t. & i.) To rule badly; to misgovern.
Annul :: Annul (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority..
Criterion :: Criterion (n.) A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them..
Measure :: Measure (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Observant :: Observant (n.) One who observes forms and rules.
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