rule of procedure
31procedure — Synonyms and related words: MO, SOP, act, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, algorithm, approach, arrangement, attack, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, blueprint, blueprinting,… …
32procedure — A formal, detailed rule of conduct in an organization. The terms procedure and *policy are often used interchangeably, but careful users restrict the former to detailed administrative rules, and the latter to more general statements on… …
33procedure — n 1. course, line, plan of action; policy, polity, guidelines; method, methodology, technique, system; attack, tack, approach; way, wise, manner, means, mode, fashion, style, ways and means; wont, custom, practice, praxis, Latin, modus operandi.… …
34rule nisi — noun A procedure which calls upon a party to show cause as to why a proposed rule should be applied by the court …
35rule of thumb — noun 1. a rule based on experience or practice rather than on scientific knowledge. 2. a rough, practical method of procedure. {? from the length of the first joint of the thumb being about an inch and being used as a rough unit of measure} …
36rule of thumb — Date: 1692 1. a method of procedure based on experience and common sense 2. a general principle regarded as roughly correct but not intended to be scientifically accurate …
37rule — A criterion, standard, or guide governing a procedure, arrangement, action, etc. SEE ALSO: law, principle, theorem. [O. Fr. reule, fr. L. regula, a guide, pattern] Abegg r. the tendency of the sum of the …
38Doomsday rule — John Conway, inventor of the Doomsday algorithm The Doomsday rule or Doomsday algorithm is a way of calculating the day of the week of a given date. It provides a perpetual calendar since the Gregorian calendar moves in cycles of 400 years. This… …
39final judgment rule — n: a rule of procedure: an appeal may be taken only after final determination of all issues involved in a case Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. final judgment rule …
40well–pleaded complaint rule — well–plead·ed complaint rule n: a rule of procedure that federal question jurisdiction cannot be acquired over a case unless an issue of federal law appears on the face of a properly pleaded complaint ◇ The well pleaded complaint rule is not… …
