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King's Regulations

British  

plural noun

  1. (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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In my next lecture I shall deal with Blank Verse and "The King's Regulations."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 by Various

There are about seven million ways of breaking the King's Regulations; to keep one you have to break another.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy

Referring to Chap VII, Para 259 of the King's Regulations we notice .

From Once on a Time by Robinson, Charles

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