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STATUTE |
Established rule |
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FORMALITY |
An established order; conventional rule of procedure;
usual method; habitual mode. |
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THEOREM |
That which is considered and established as a principle;
hence, sometimes, a rule. |
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STANDARD |
That which is established as a rule or model by
authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test. |
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FORMULA |
A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or
conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said. |
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REGULATE |
To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to
direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or
laws. |
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ORDINARILY |
According to established rules or settled method; as
a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than
ordinarily severe. |
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NORMAL |
According to an established norm, rule, or principle;
conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper
functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. |
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INFORMALITY |
An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or
proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does
not conform to the established rule. |
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SWERVE |
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or
duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the
like; to deviate. |
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CRITERION |
A standard of judging; any approved or established rule
or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in
forming a correct judgment respecting them. |
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SUCCESSION |
A series of persons or things according to some
established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of
bishops; a succession of events in chronology. |
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DEVIATION |
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way;
variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.;
departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. |
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LAW |
In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an
authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode
or order according to which an agent or a power acts. |
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PROPRIETY |
...s to an
acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established
principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propr... |
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ORDINANCE |
A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of
action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an
edict or decree; esp.,... |
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CISTERCIAN |
A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order,
established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme.
For two hundred... |
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REGULAR |
Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,
law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal;
symmetrical; as, a r... |
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INSTITUTE |
Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept,
maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in
the plural, a ... |
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IRREGULAR |
...usage
recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not
conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to
establi... |