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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
     1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The temper and regulation of our own minds.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
        prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
        direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
        or a school.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
        cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
        the official regulations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
          Law.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
     1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
  
              The temper and regulation of our own minds.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
        prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
        direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
        or a school.
  
     Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
        cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
        the official regulations.
  
     Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
          Law.

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