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System of rules   /sˈɪstəm əv rulz/   Listen
System of rules

noun
1.
A complex of methods or rules governing behavior.  Synonym: system.  "That language has a complex system for indicating gender"






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"System of rules" Quotes from Famous Books



... with it by an irregular filiation. The early modern interpreters of the jurisprudence of Rome, misconceiving the meaning of Jus Gentium, assumed without hesitation that the Romans had bequeathed to them a system of rules for the adjustment of international transactions. This "Law of Nations" was at first an authority which had formidable competitors to strive with, and the condition of Europe was long such as to preclude its universal reception. Gradually, however, the ...
— Ancient Law - Its Connection to the History of Early Society • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine



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