Rules

/ ruːlz /

plural noun

1. short for Australian Rules
2. the Rules
   English history the neighbourhood around certain prisons (esp the Fleet and King's Bench prison) in which trusted prisoners were allowed to live under specified restrictions

Example Sentences

Their task at the start was to “give certain rules to our language, to render it pure and eloquent” – to which end they set about writing their first dictionary.

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The government brought in rules to allow certain prisoners to be released earlier to deal with what it said was a "crisis in prison places".

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He was sentenced to nine years in jail, including time spent on remand, and under the previous rules would have been released on licence at the half-way stage.

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Meta has not previously faced a fine from the EU over competition rules - though it was told to pay €110m in 2017 for not handing over correct information when it purchased WhatsApp.

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Under current rules, councils in England providing social care services can increase tax rates by up to 5%, while others can increase rates by up to 3%.

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