| rule | keep in check |
|---|---|
| rule | decide with authority |
| rule | decide on and make a declaration about |
| rule | mark or draw with a ruler |
| rule | exercise authority over |
| rule | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| rule | have an affinity with |
| rule | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
| rule | include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules |
| rule | a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible |
| rule | a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved |
| rule | a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances |