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1Rule of St. Benedict — • Lengthy article on the text of the Rule and its composition, some analysis, and practical application Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rule of St. Benedict Rule of St. Benedict …
2Rule of Saint Francis — Rule of Saint Francis † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Rule of Saint Francis As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule. Here only the rule of the first order is to be considered, i.e., that of the Friars …
3rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… …
4Rule of St. Augustine — • Names the five documents sometimes identified as the Rule of Augustine, quickly narrows the field to two contenders, settles on Letter 211. Also deals with Augustine s relation to monasticism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rule of… …
5rule in Shelley's Case — rule in Shel·ley s case / she lēz / often cap R [from Wolfe v. Shelley, a 1581 English case invoking the rule]: a former common law rule that converted a life estate of an ancestor into an estate in fee and destroyed the remainder to the heirs… …
6Rule 144 — USA An SEC rule that permits resales or secondary distributions of restricted securities and control securities. Rule 144 of the Securities Act provides that a compliant resale does not involve a distribution of securities. So, a person complying …
7rule against excessive accumulations — England, Wales The statutory rule that prohibits trustees from accumulating income (accumulated income) outside the accumulation periods permitted under section 164 of the Law of Property Act 1925 and section 13 of the Perpetuities and… …
8Rule 144A — of the US Securities Act of 1933. This rule provides an exemption from the Act s registration requirements for resales of certain securities in the US to any institution that the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer. For… …
9rule of apportionment — Rule that, where subdivided tract contains more or less than aggregate amount called for, excess or deficiency is apportioned among several tracts …
10rule — rule1 W2S2 [ru:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(instruction)¦ 2¦(advice)¦ 3¦(normal/usual)¦ 4¦(government)¦ 5¦(grammar/science etc)¦ 6 the rule of law 7 the rules of natural justice 8 rule of thumb 9 make it a rule (to do something) …
