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noun
Any of the requirements for how drivers, bicyclists, etc, behave and operate while using public roadways.
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noun
The regulation requiring all traffic (travelling on a road or otherwise) to keep either to the left or the right.
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noun
(nautical) A regulation concerning safe handling of vessels on roadsteads, seaways, sea lanes, etc.
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noun
A basic (fundamental) and general requirement or principle for how to operate or behave in a certain context or domain (for example, an industry, an occupation, a company, an association).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
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