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a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members

an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure

a body of rules followed by an assembly

(law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved

the rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer)

rule of personal conduct

any important rule

(computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out

an authoritative rule

an authoritative rule

a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

rules governing socially acceptable behavior

(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals

(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy

a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required

a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled

a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct

a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used

a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness

a rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contract

a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened

a rule of order permanently in force

a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society

the principle that conduct should be moral

a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal

a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality

regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position

the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale

regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road

forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers

a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another

a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another

a fine point of etiquette or petty formality

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure

rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule

a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly