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  • 1regulation — 1 / regjM leISFn/ noun 1 (C) an official rule or order: building/planning/safety etc regulations: The company is very strict on enforcing health and safety regulations. | rules and regulations: There are too many rules and regulations governing… …

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  • 2Custom House for Excel DLR station — Custom House for ExCeL …

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  • 3Custom (law) — Custom in law is the established pattern of behavior that can be objectively verified within a particular social setting. A claim can be carried out in defense of what has always been done and accepted by law. Customary law exists where: a… …

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  • 4Custom harvesting — In agriculture, custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from… …

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  • 5regulation — I UK [ˌreɡjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌreɡjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms regulation : singular regulation plural regulations *** 1) [countable] an official rule that controls the way that things are done Smoke detectors must be installed to comply with fire …

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  • 6regulation — reg|u|la|tion1 [ ,regjə leıʃn ] noun *** count an official rule that controls the way things are done: Smoke detectors must be installed to comply with fire regulations. building/safety/environmental regulations rules and regulations: Before… …

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  • 7Observer — Ob*serv er, n. 1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. [1913 Webster] The observed of all observers. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8recalcitrant — [ri kal′si trənt] adj. [L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re , back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see CALCAR] 1. refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant 2. hard… …

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  • 9birth control — regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Cf. family planning (def. 1). [1914, Amer.] * * * Voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as contraception, sexual abstinence …

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  • 10mos pro lege — Custom instead of law. mosquito regulation. A health regulation respecting water in which the larvae of the mosquito may be nourished. Territory v Araujo, 21 Hawaii 56 …

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