Category:Regulation

Reg`u*la"tion (-l"shn), n.

1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay.

2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; Prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; Law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. Regulation sword, Cap, uniform, etc. (mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind Or quality prescribed by the official regulations.

Syn. -- law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See law.