Conformist vs regulation

Conformist

noun
  • In English history, a person whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and who was therefore in concert with the established Church of England, as opposed to those of the Nonconformists, whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England. 

regulation

noun
  • A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 

  • The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 

  • A numbered provision within such kind of law. 

  • A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. 

  • Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 

  • A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 

  • Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 

adj
  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 

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