standing rule

Maybe you have a standing rule that no order can be filled in less than four weeks.

The House has no standing rules dealing with its role in the impeachment process.

It was a standing rule among divers never to go down alone.

At present my standing rule with him is: Keep your guard up and never offer hostages.

For years it has been a standing rule of mine not to make such endorsements.

This last point raises a fundamental question about the nature and function of standing rules.

"Harvey and I have a standing rule: we're never civil to each other during working hours.

Changing the federal judiciary's standing rules in response to private biases is certainly giving them effect.

Standing rules and, finally, custom have the least authority.

The police also have standing rules to govern identity-parade procedures.

But I have a standing rule no clothes allowed."

The relaxation of standing rules has facilitated this development.

Let the last man standing rule the Achaeans from that morning forward.

An open rule allows any member to offer an amendment that complies with the standing rules of the House.

Now the pro-petition forces focused on trying to revoke a standing rule.

The eel was unfamiliar, and we have standing rules formulated by our best experts after discussion.

There has been a long standing rule against that, but since there was nobody else there I said yes.

Standing rules can be suspended by a majority vote for the duration of the session, but not for longer.

What is the function of standing rules?

Now men like Adams or Slade were trying to revoke a standing rule.

He reiterated that they had been fully aware of the standing rule when they planned the investigation.

"That rule-our standing rule for risk-will apply to all of you.

"I have a standing rule at official dinners," he explained, "to sit as close to the back of the room, and the exit, as possible."

"Have you learned the standing rules?"

What is distinctive about standing rules is that they direct attention to the interest of the applicant in the outcome of the case.