Queen's Regulations
Britishplural noun
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Paulson: Well, the National Defense Act has a Queen’s Regulations and Orders, which is like a code of justice for the military.
From MSNBC ● Oct. 23, 2019
The Queen's Regulations ordained that before a captain could win this prized position he must have completed a period of from five to six years of active service.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various
"You know that, by the King's—no, the Queen's Regulations, no letters are allowed to be sent to the friends of prisoners without first passing through the hands of the authorities."
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
I said; and being rather the reverse myself, I threw the Queen's Regulations at him, and he disappeared.
From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
Wherever the sovereign is residing the Royal Standard is hoisted; and on royal anniversaries and state occasions it is hoisted at certain fortresses or stations—home and foreign—specified in the Queen's Regulations.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew
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