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rule

slang To be excellent or exceptionally great; to be the best. Man, this restaurant rules! Everything they make here is absolutely delicious. A: "Did you ever watch 'GoBots' as a kid?" B: "Oh yeah, that show ruled!"
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— rule(s), OK?

used to express your enthusiasm for a particular person or thing. informal, humorous
2000 Elle Here at ELLE we've always been big fans of Kerrigan's urban babewear, and this season…she really rocked. Daryl K rules, OK?
See also: OK
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rule

in. to dominate; to be the best. (Slang only in certain contexts. Typical in graffiti.) Pizza rules around here.
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There are significant international differences in independence rules. The rules on contingent fees and bookkeeping services are well-known - but far from unique - examples.
collateral requirements as a subset of a larger issue: The need to work out a comprehensive global regulatory framework in which reinsurers can all operate tinder the same set of rules.
In its comments concerning the treatment of separate units as domestic corporations, TEI explained that the rules imply that a loss arising from a foreign branch separate unit will be treated as a DCL even where the branch is not subject to an income tax of a foreign country.
The interim final rules create exceptions to the general statutory prohibition on obtaining and using medical information.
The Committee considered the amendment in Rule 48 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly and also considered Rule 69, sub-rule (1), Rule 122 and 244, while referring in Rule 158 and 250 to Ministry of Law and Justice for vetting.
For another thing, parties that issue subpoenas should be aware that courts are much more willing to shift the costs of production from the responding party to the requesting party in cases where the requesting party has not sufficiently protected the producing party from "undue burden or expense." And despite expanding the scope of Rule 45 to encompass electronically stored information, the amended rules now provide nonparties two chances to argue in appropriate cases that those burdens are undue.
1374 BIG rules or the old capital gain hales applied.
For example, the proposed regulations incorporate the expansive definition of "production" found in the uniform capitalization rules of section 263A.
Under the Rules of Evidence, to authenticate a photograph, a witness need only to say that the photograph accurately depicts the scene, object, or person.
The rules of baseball, basketball, boxing, football, golf, tennis, soccer, and so on are just arbitrary human conventions without any foundation whatsoever in theology or metaphysics.
The OCC's Rules of Practice and Procedure set forth the requirements of an answer and the consequences of a failure to file an answer to a Notice.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued its final rule on the proper disposal of consumer report information and records under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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RESOLVED: That the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, with respect to its statements of federal accounting standards and concepts adopted and issued in March of 1993 and subsequently; in accordance with its rules of procedure, the memorandum of understanding and public notice designating the FASAB's standards and concepts as having substantial authoritative support, be, and hereby is, designated by the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as the body to establish financial accounting principles for federal governmental entities pursuant to rule 203.
The proposed ethics ruling under Rule 201, "General Standards," and Rule 202, "Compliance With Standards," clarifies the application of Rules 201 and 202 to members who use a third-party service provider in providing professional services to clients, and makes clear the committee's position that the member is responsible for all work performed by the service provider.
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