📒 a statement of what may, must or must not be done in a particular situation or when playing a game
📒 a statement of what is possible according to a particular system, for example the grammar of a language
📒 a statement of what you are advised to do in a particular situation
📒 a habit; the normal state of things; what is true in most cases
📒 the government of a country or control of a group of people by a particular person, group or system
📒 a measuring instrument with a straight edge
📒 usually but not always
📒 to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation
📒 people say that something is the exception that proves the rule when they are stating something that seems to be different from the normal situation, but they mean that the normal situation remains true in general
📒 if somebody plays by their own rules or makes other people play by their rules, they set the conditions for doing business or having a relationship
📒 to deal fairly and honestly with people
📒 the condition in which all members of society, including its political leaders, accept the authority of the law
📒 a practical method of doing or measuring something, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement
📒 the standards of behaviour that most people accept or that actually operate in a particular area of life or business
📒 to follow the rules of your job in a very strict way in order to cause delay, as a form of protest against your employer or your working conditions