rule
prescription, including laws, regulations, instructions, guidelines, and social conventions; determinate method for performing any operation
one-drop rule
rule applied to discriminate racially
academic honor code
set of rules or ethical principles governing an academic (or professional) community based on ideals that define what constitutes honorable behaviour within that community
free kick
method of restarting play in association football
time limit
point in time by which an objective or task must be accomplished
universal laws
esotericism
small penis rule
legal strategy used by authors to evade libel lawsuits
patent law
area of law; legal specialty
rule of the square
rule of thumb to determine whether a king can prevent an enemy pawn from promoting
aviation regulations
rules for aeronautical operations
Cassini projection
map projection
Maximum Contaminant Level
standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water quality
personal boundaries
limits that a person creates to identify permissible ways for other people to behave towards them
utility clothing
World War II rationing scheme for civilian clothing in the United Kingdom
free throw
action in handball
voice procedure
methods to make voice communications understood over a potentially degraded channel
Biden Rule
Political term made-up by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley
tariff
business prices and terms set by a government regulator
law
system of rules and guidelines, generally backed by governmental authority
principle
guiding rule or inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature
legal norm
commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action
fifty-move rule
chess rule that a player can claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last 50 moves
foul
unfair act by a player in association football
age limit
the minimum or maximum ages assigned to access certain rights
defense
in law, attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability
ETOPS
special part of flight rules
United Nations resolution
formal text adopted by a United Nations body
joint taxation
legal term
duration of the match
7th of the Laws of the Game of association football
five-second rule
western cultural food hygiene myth
scoring rule
in decision theory, a measure of one's performance when making decisions under uncertainty
social law in Germany
law in Germany
laws of cricket
rules of the game of cricket
The Ball
2nd of the Laws of the Game of association football
sweat of the brow
intellectual property law doctrine, accepted in some jurisdictions
calendar era
period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one
Articles of Agreement
First formally agreed rules in cricket
copyright term
copyright
media regulation
control or guidance of mass media by governments and other bodies
tag up
in baseball, action of a runner touching their starting base after the ball lands in fair territory or is touched by a fielder
monastic rule
rules followed by a monastic community
canon
church law promulgated by a synod or ecumenical council or by an individual bishop