Regulation
A rule is in common usage:
- a service regulation that regulates the work of an authority or organization
- a service or work instruction
- an order in the military and similar structures
- a sovereign directive
- an employment law, group law or administrative law instruction (Germany)
- a general legal regulation or legal norm
- often part of one:
- Regulation of the European Communities
- general ordinance in Germany, Austria or Switzerland
- a decree of a German federal or state authority
- a decree of a subordinate German authority
- a specific instruction from an authority or a court
- a regulatory rule
- a binding professional code
- an obligation under private law to conduct or refrain from certain behavior
See also:
Wiktionary: rule - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
