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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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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

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 Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

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

Not King's Regulations, nor Military Law, nor any handbook devotes even a sub-paragraph to light and leading upon certain points which we have here to consider every day.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 by Various

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