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
"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
He might know his drill, he might have read his Queen's Regulations, but he had vague ideas of the power of the Press.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 by Various
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
The name of the volume formerly issued by the admiralty to all commanders of ships and vessels for their guidance; now superseded by Queen's Regulations.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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