The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
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.
An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
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.
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.