general rule

noun

Law.

1. rule10

Example Sentences

Under a federal statute, the Antideficiency Act, the government cannot spend money that hasn’t been appropriated for that purpose as a general rule.

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This was a small and, in the vast run of cases, typically easy-to-administer exception to the general rule.

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You never know how these things are going to go, and as a general rule my child is more enthralled with a half-full plastic water bottle than any thoughtfully-chosen toy I hand him.

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And the main one is this general rule that the Posse Comitatus Act does not apply to the National Guard unless the National Guard has been called into federal service.

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"As a general rule, it is not a violation of international law. And it is also incumbent on all of us to recognise that Israelis have a right to live in Israel."

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