King's Regulations
Britishplural noun
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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
The choice was absolutely sound, and success was achieved by methods which did not always follow strictly the letter of King's Regulations.
From John Redmond's Last Years by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Once he slipped into anecdote à propos of the helplessness of British soldiers in any matter outside the scope of the King's Regulations.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
I could see his mouth set, for visions of the penalties laid down by the King's Regulations for striking an officer must have crossed his mind.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
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