global rule

noun

1. (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation

Example Sentences

Only a century after its founding, however, the contradictions that lurked within Great Britain’s global rule erupted, thanks to the way that two cataclysmic world wars coincided with the long-term rise of anti-colonial nationalism to create our current world order.

From Salon

“We need to be very carefully monitoring the United States’ intentions, if the U.S. is again trying to take leadership in building a coalition among the like-minded countries … to sustain democracy, a coalition to protect global rule and trying to protect the liberal international order that has brought about this economic prosperity after World War II,” said Mr. Taro, now minister for administrative and regulatory reform for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

From Washington Times

“We need to be very carefully monitoring the United States’ intentions, if the U.S. is again trying to take leadership in building a coalition among the like-minded countries … to sustain democracy, a coalition to protect global rule and trying to protect the liberal international order that has brought about this economic prosperity after World War II,” said Mr. Taro, now minister for administrative and regulatory reform for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

From Washington Times

Human Rights Watch has called on Biden to scrap the sanctions and urged the court’s 123 member states at the meeting that started Monday to “seize the opportunity of an incoming U.S. administration to signal expectations that the U.S. will engage with the court in a manner that respects the court’s Rome Statute, the global rule of law, and victims’ access to justice.”

From Seattle Times

Human Rights Watch has called on Biden to scrap the sanctions and urged the court’s 123 member states at the meeting that started Monday to “seize the opportunity of an incoming U.S. administration to signal expectations that the U.S. will engage with the court in a manner that respects the court’s Rome Statute, the global rule of law, and victims’ access to justice.”

From Washington Times