Rules

/ (ruːlz) /


pl n
  1. the Rules English history the neighbourhood around certain prisons (esp the Fleet and King's Bench prison) in which trusted prisoners were allowed to live under specified restrictions

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How to use Rules in a sentence

  • These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.

    Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing | Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
  • But men, through neglecting the Rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.

  • Not only do children thus of themselves extend the scope of our commands, they show a disposition to make Rules for themselves.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.

    Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing | Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
  • Branches are to be operated under Rules and regulations approved by the Federal Reserve Board.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips