#prescript__rule  prescribed guide for conduct or action
  supertype:  instruction__direction  a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
  subtype:  bylaw__byelaw  a rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs
  subtype:  rubric  an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
  subtype:  rules_of_order__order__parliamentary_law__parliamentarylaw__parliamentary_procedure__parliamentaryprocedure  a body of rules followed by an assembly
     subtype:  interpellation  a procedure (in some parliaments) of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
     subtype:  standing_order  a rule of order permanently in force
     subtype:  cloture__closure__gagrule  a rule for ending debate in a deliberative body
        subtype:  closure_by_compartment__guillotine  closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
     subtype:  point_of_order  a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure
     subtype:  previous_question  a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
  subtype:  rule_of_evidence  a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved
     subtype:  best_evidence_rule  a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required
     subtype:  estoppel  a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
     subtype:  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
     subtype:  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
     subtype:  hearsay_rule__hearsayrule  a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness
     subtype:  parol_evidence_rule  a rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contract
     subtype:  res_ipsa_loquitur  a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
  subtype:  precept  rule of personal conduct
     subtype:  higher_law  a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society
     subtype:  moral_principle__moralprinciple  the principle that conduct should be moral
        subtype:  categorical_imperative__categoricalimperative  the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty
     subtype:  hypothetical_imperative  a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal
     subtype:  caveat_emptor  a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality
  subtype:  golden_rule  any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"
  subtype:  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
  subtype:  dictate.prescript  an authoritative rule
  subtype:  regulation__ordinance  an authoritative rule
     subtype:  age_limit__agelimit  regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position
     subtype:  assize.regulation  the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
     subtype:  speed_limit__speedlimit  regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road
  subtype:  canon  a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy: "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
  subtype:  etiquette  rules governing socially acceptable behavior
     subtype:  protocol.etiquette  forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state
     subtype:  punctilio.etiquette  a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
  subtype:  communications_protocol__protocol  (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
     subtype:  file_transfer_protocol__ftp__FTP  (computer science) protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
        subtype:  anonymous_ftp__anonymousftp__anonymous_file_transfer_protocol  a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available
     subtype:  hypertext_transfer_protocol__HTTP  a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
     subtype:  musical_instrument_digital_interface__MIDI  a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
     subtype:  TCP__transmission_control_protocol  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"
     subtype:  TCP/IP__transmission_control_protocol/internet_protocol  a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
     subtype:  CMIP  common management information protocol
     subtype:  SMTP  simple mail transfer protocol

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