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King's Regulations

British

plural noun

(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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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

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 Buchan, John

I fined him for neglecting to observe the King's Regulations and Orders, and his comrades who had warned him against trying to "put anything over" on the Commanding Officer gave him the laugh.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister

In making out travelling claims," I said, producing the appropriate Army Form, "care should be taken to comply with the instructions contained in the King's Regulations.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 by Various

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