The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.

(ethics) The principle that one should not treat other people in the manner in which one would not want to be treated by them.

A rule adopted by a particular establishment.

Alternative spelling of rulebook

plural of rule book

plural of rule-book

Alternative spelling of rulebook

A decision rule whereby the decisions of the numerical majority of a group will be binding on the whole group, its parts, and each member.

(neurology) Neurons that fire together wire together.

(US, law) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. This rule does not apply in civil proceedings, although statutes sometime specifically provide for exclusion of such evidence.