Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.

1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

The temper and regulation of our own minds. --Macaulay.

2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.

Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)