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(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
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(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
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(law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
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(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
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(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
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(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.