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Rule, is made in exercise of a power conferred by any enactment; also includes a regulation made as a rule under any enactment. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(51)]

Rule, made under an Act having statutory force, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 539.

Means an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding especially upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to perform an act or show cause why an act should not be performed, People v. District Court, 797 P 2d 1259 (1990).

Rule, under clause [51] of s. 3 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 'rule' means a rule made in exercise of a power conferred by any enactment, and shall include a regulation made as a rule under any enactment, Sukhdev Singh v. BhagatramSardar Singh Raghuvanshi, AIR 1975 SC 1331: (1975) 1 SCC 421: (1975) 3 SCR 619.

Rule shall means a rule made in exercise of a power conferred by any enactment and shall include a regulation made as a rule under any enactment. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(51)]

An established and authoritative standard or principle; a general norm mandating or guiding conduct or action in a given type of situation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn

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