S: (n) point of order (a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure)
S: (n) previous question (a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly)
S: (n) Robert's Rules of Order (a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions)
S: (n) rule of evidence ((law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved)
S: (n) best evidence rule (a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required)
S: (n) estoppel (a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled)
S: (n) exclusionary rule (a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct)
S: (n) fruit of the poisonous tree (a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used)
S: (n) hearsay rule (a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness)
S: (n) parol evidence rule (a rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contract)
S: (n) res ipsa loquitur (a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened)
S: (n) res gestae (rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule)
S: (n) Miranda rule (the rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer))
S: (n) caveat emptor (a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality)
S: (n) golden rule (any important rule) "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"
S: (n) GIGO ((computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out)
S: (n) game law (a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals)
S: (n) age limit (regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position)
S: (n) assize (the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale)
S: (n) speed limit (regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road)
S: (n) canon (a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy) "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
S: (n) transmission control protocol, TCP (a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another) "TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission"
S: (n) address, destination, name and address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)
S: (n) return address (the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered)
S: (n) markup (detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics))
S: (n) prescription (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions) "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
S: (n) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill) "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
S: (n) teaching, instruction, pedagogy (the profession of a teacher) "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"