Definition of Regulation

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Regulation

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

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.

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Regulation Quotations

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
Barney Frank

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Adam Smith

Generally I'm against regulation.
Dorothy Denning

There is no such thing as free regulation.
John Hutton

A key issue in developmental biology at that time was the problem of how cells underwent differentiation, with most workers concentrating on explanations in terms of changes in enzyme and gene regulation.
Paul Nurse

In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their frontiers according to a consciously national program.
Christian Lous Lange

Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
John Hutton

Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make targeted reductions in the administrative costs - the red tape costs - that regulations impose on business.
John Hutton

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.
Fred Thompson

We must seek to persuade member states and institutions that better regulation in Europe does not mean cutting health and safety in the workplace, nor does it mean dismantling social standards.
John Hutton

Regulation Translations

regulation in Danish is regel
regulation in Dutch is voorschrift
regulation in German is Regelung {f}, Vorschrift {f}
regulation in Italian is regolazione, prescrizione, ordinamento
regulation in Latin is ordinatio
regulation in Portuguese is regulamento
regulation in Spanish is regulacion, prescripcion, regla, disposicion

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