Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
A regulating principle.
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
A normal condition or state of affairs.
A regulation, law, guideline.
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
To decide judicially.
To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
To excel.