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Definition of Rule in
1. Verb. Include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules.
Definition of Rule in
1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To consider (something) as a possible option among others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rule In
Literary usage of Rule in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1900)
"THE UNIT rule in NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS FOR a period of one hundred
years the Constitution has been in process of extra-legal amendment. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The rule in Shelley's Case applies when the limitation in remainder is to the "heirs
of the body" of the tenant of the freehold. The words "descendants" and ..."
3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"This exposition of the expression in question sir Wm. Blackstone afterwards
applies, with great ability, in his investigation of the rule in Shelley's case. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"It was the rule in the classical period to place punctuation-marks only within
lines, not at the end, but in many Christian monuments this rule is not ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1896)
"I have great pleasure in introducing my friend Mr. Swettenham, than whom there
is no one who can speak with such authority on British rule in Malaya. ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"Of the rule in Shelley's case. The rule in Shelley's case has been already alluded
to, but it occupies so prominent a place in the history of the law of ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"He referred to the rule in the King's Bench (ET 1827), by which it is ordered,
... It has been decided, upon a similar rule in the King's Bewch, Evans v. ..."
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