REGULATION

 

regulation,n.1. The act or process of controlling by rule or restriction <the federal regulation

of the airline industry>.2.BYLAW(1) <the CEO referred to the corporate regulation>. 3.A rule or

order, having legal force, usu. issued by an administrative agency <Treasury regulations explain

and interpret the Internal Revenue Code>. — Abbr. reg; Reg. — Also termed (in sense 3) agency

regulation; subordinate legislation; delegated legislation. See MERIT REGULATION. [Cases:

Administrative Law and Procedure 381–427. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure

  • § 87–114.] — regulatory, regulable,adj. — regulate,vb.

proposed regulation.A draft administrative regulation that is circulated among interested

parties for comment. — Abbr. prop. reg. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 392. C.J.S.

Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 103, 105.] [Blacks Law 8th]