regulations

noun

1. 1

   The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

2. 2

   A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

3. 3

   A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.

4. 4

   (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

5. 5

   Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

6. 6

   Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.