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King's Regulations

British

plural noun

(in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is male) the code of conduct for members of the armed forces that deals with discipline, aspects of military law, etc

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By King's Regulations an officer under arrest may wear neither sword nor spurs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The peacetime R.A.F. would not have Bader without legs, but when war began, not even the King's Regulations could hold him back.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Greig, sternly regarding badgered Premier, asked, "Has the attention of the right hon. gentleman been directed to No. 453 of the King's Regulations?"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various

And look up Field and General Court-Martials in the King’s Regulations and you’ll know what your Powers are.”

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

I am afraid, your—your Royal Highness," she stammered, her brain working busily all the time, "that that would be contrary to—to—to the spirit of—er—the King's Regulations.

From Once on a Time by Robinson, Charles

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