King's Regulations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 perceive that you are a student of King’s Regulations, and that you conform your actions to those estimable rules.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Once he slipped into anecdote à propos of the helplessness of British soldiers in any matter outside the scope of the King's Regulations.
From The Wings of the Morning by Tracy, Louis
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 Robinson, Charles
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