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
"Leave is a privilege and not a right," according to a hack quotation from the King's Regulations.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton
Colonel Greig, sternly regarding badgered Premier, asked, "Has the attention of the right hon. gentleman been directed to No. 453 of the King's Regulations?"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various
I am afraid, your—your Royal Highness," she stammered, her brain working busily all the time, "that that would be contrary to—to—to the spirit of—er—the King's Regulations.
From Once on a Time by Charles Robinson
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