plural of at-rule

The rules are certain and cannot be ignored or worked around.

(slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of rules are rules

A regulation, law, guideline. / A regulating principle. / The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. / A normal condition or state of affairs.

(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. / (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel. / (intransitive) To decide judicially.

(obsolete) Revelry.

(obsolete, intransitive) To revel.

That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.

An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

present participle and gerund of rule