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Queen's Regulations

British

plural noun

QR. (in Britain and certain other Commonwealth countries when the sovereign is female) the code of conduct for members of the armed forces

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Paulson: Well, the National Defense Act has a Queen’s Regulations and Orders, which is like a code of justice for the military.

From MSNBC • Oct. 23, 2019

I should never be left quite alone like that; and anyway, they don't lay down a code of morals for us in the Queen's Regulations.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

The Queen's Regulations ordained that before a captain could win this prized position he must have completed a period of from five to six years of active service.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various

"You know that, by the King's—no, the Queen's Regulations, no letters are allowed to be sent to the friends of prisoners without first passing through the hands of the authorities."

From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

Wherever the sovereign is residing the Royal Standard is hoisted; and on royal anniversaries and state occasions it is hoisted at certain fortresses or stations—home and foreign—specified in the Queen's Regulations.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

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