n.
1.
Rule ( prescribed by authority ), regulation, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, canon, expressed command.
2.
Formula, principle, form.
3.
Code, body of rules.
4.
Jurisprudence, science of ~s, legal science.
5.
[With The prefixed.] Mosaic code or dispensation, the old covenant.
6.
Suit, process, litigation.
7.
Controlling idea, governing principle, principle, determining rule ( of the invariable sequence of events or forms ).
8.
Uniform and constant operation ( of any natural force under the same conditions ), method of the divine agency, God in nature, Nature.