Rule

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rule

Meaning of Rule

The directions in the Book of common prayer and books of law, so-called because they were originally distinguished by red ink.

Synonyms of Rule

(Decide), verb

  • adjudge
  • adjudicate
  • ascertain
  • come to a conclusion
  • come to a determination
  • conclude
  • decide by judicial sentence
  • declare
  • declare authoritatively
  • decree
  • deliverjudgment
  • determine
  • draw a conclusion
  • establish
  • exercise judgment
  • find
  • fix conclusively
  • give an opinion
  • give judgment
  • hold
  • make a decision
  • make a resolution
  • pass judgment
  • pass sentence
  • pass upon
  • pronounce
  • pronounce judgment
  • reach an official decision
  • resolve
  • settle
  • settle by decree
  • umpire Associated Concepts: rule from the bench

(Govern), verb

  • administer
  • be in power
  • command
  • compel
  • conduct
  • control
  • decree
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dispose
  • domineer
  • enact
  • enforce obedience
  • exercise authority
  • exert authority
  • give orders
  • guide
  • have authority
  • have control
  • have jurisdiction over
  • have predominating influence
  • have responsibility
  • hold authority
  • hold dominion
  • hold office
  • keep in order
  • manage
  • manipulate
  • master
  • officiate
  • order
  • oversee
  • police
  • possess authority
  • predominate
  • prescribe
  • preside over
  • regnare
  • regulate
  • reign
  • restrain
  • run
  • serve the people
  • superintend
  • supervise

(Guide), noun

  • code
  • course
  • criterion
  • custom
  • direction
  • formula
  • habit
  • matter of course
  • method
  • model
  • norm
  • norma
  • order
  • pattern
  • policy
  • practice
  • procedure
  • protocol
  • prototype
  • regula
  • routine
  • standard
  • standing order
  • system

(Legal dictate), noun

  • act
  • bylaw
  • canon
  • charge
  • code
  • command
  • commandment
  • decree
  • dictate
  • direction
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • edict
  • enactment
  • formula
  • formulary
  • formulation
  • law
  • legislation
  • maxim
  • order
  • ordinance
  • praeceptum
  • praescnptum
  • precept
  • prescription
  • principle
  • regulation
  • standing order
  • statute
  • tenet Associated Concepts: administrative rule
  • court rule
  • cypres rule
  • discriminatory rule
  • home rule
  • parol evidence rule
  • rule against perpetuities
  • Rule in Shelley’s Case
  • rules of construction
  • rules of evidence
  • rules of procedureforeign phrases: Ubinonestcondendiauctoritasibinon est parendi necessitas
  • Where there is no authority for establishing a rule
  • there is no need of obeying it
  • Exceptioprobat regulam de rebus non exceptis
  • The exception proves the rule in matters not excepted
  • Exceptio firmat regulam in contrarium
  • An exception affirms the rule to be the contrary
  • Non est certandum de regulis juris
  • There is no disputing about rules of the law
  • Regula est
  • juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere
  • facti veroignorantiamnonnocere
  • The rule is that a person’s ignorance of the law may prejudice him
  • but that his ignorance of fact will not
  • Non jus ex regula
  • sed regula ex jure
  • The law does not arise from the rule but the rule comes from the law
  • Omnis regula suas patitur exceptiones
  • Every rule is subject to its own exceptions
  • Exceptiofirmat regulam in casibus non exceptis
  • An exception confirms the rule in cases not excepted

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English Spanish Translation of Rule

Norma

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Rule

(You may find rule at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

c. 1200, “principle or maxim governing conduct, formula to which conduct must be conformed” from Old French riule, Norman reule “rule, custom, (religious) order” (in Modern French partially re-Latinized as règle), from Vulgar Latin *regula, from Latin regula “straight stick, bar, ruler;” figuratively “a pattern, a model,” related to regere “to rule, straighten, guide” (from PIE root *reg- “move in a straight line,” with derivatives meaning “to direct in a straight line,” thus “to lead, rule”). Replaced Old English wealdan. Meaning “regulation governing play of a game, etc.” is from 1690s. Rule of law “supremacy of impartial and well-defined laws to any individual’s power” is from 1883. Meaning “strip used for making straight lines or measuring” is recorded from mid-14c. Typography sense is attested from 1680s.

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Rule

(You may find rule at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

c. 1200, “to control, guide, direct,” from Old French riuler “impose rule,” from Latin regulare “to control by rule, direct,” from Latin regula “rule, straight piece of wood,” from PIE root *reg- “move in a straight line,” with derivatives meaning “to direct in a straight line,” thus “to lead, rule.” Legal sense “establish by decision” is recorded from early 15c. Meaning “mark with lines” is from 1590s. Meaning “to dominate, prevail” is from 1874. “Rule Brittania,” patriotic song, is from 1740. Related: Ruled; ruling.


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