REGULATION

Regulation

Regulation may refer to the following:Regulation creates, limits, or constrains a right, creates or limits a duty, or allocates a responsibility. Regulation can take many forms: legal restrictions promulgated by a government authority, contractual obligations that bind many parties, self-regulation by an industry such as through a trade association, social regulation, co-regulation, third-party regulation, certification, accreditation or market regulation. In its legal sense regulation can and should be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other.

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regulation

Noun

  1. The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
  2. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
  3. A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

Adjective

  1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.


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