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r the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection o…

ty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.

who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] Brande & C.

Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.),

Regulation. [Obs.] The reformation and reglement of usuary. Bacon.

Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.

ct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket. We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact…

rve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. Sanitary Commission. See under Commission.

The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish.…

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]

ing; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.

who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society. Hawthorne.

Direction; regulation; management; guidance. He that hath the steerage of my course. Shak.

ation or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. Wharton. Brande & C. -- Stock farmer, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. -- Stock gillyflower (Bot.), the common stock. See Stock, n., 18. -- Stock gold, gold laid up so as to form a…

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon. Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles,…

A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.

Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.

ments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc. -- Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the army or navy.

ege, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.