Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being
regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own
minds.
Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management
or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a
school.
Regulation sword, cap,
uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap,
uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official
regulations.
Syn. -- Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept.
See Law.