King's Regulations
Britishplural noun
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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
"Leave is a privilege and not a right," according to a hack quotation from the King's Regulations.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron
It seemed that there was somebody with him, for a kind, though somewhat pompous, voice remarked upon the scantiness of accommodation, and the "necessity—the absolute necessity" of complying with the King's Regulations.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
But the subject of the King's Regulations was even more distasteful to the cuddy than Pine's interminable anecdotes, and Mrs. Vickers hastened to change the subject.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
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