Rule or ruling may refer to:

Education

Royal University of Law and Economics The Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE) is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in Cambodia. RULE was established in 1949 as the National Institute of Law, Politics and Economics. In 2003, the institution was officially deem ...

(RULE), a university in Cambodia

Human activity

* The exercise of

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studi ...

or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule that is part of school discipline * Sport rule, a rule that defines how a sport is played * Game rule, a rule that defines how a game is played * Moral, a rule or element of a moral code for guiding choices in human behavior * Norm (philosophy), a kind of sentence or a reason to act, feel or believe * Rule of thumb, a principle with broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation * Unspoken rule, an assumed rule of human behavior that is not voiced or written down * Slide rule, a mechanical analog computer

Science

* Rule of inference or transformation rule, a term in logic for a function which takes premises and returns a conclusion * Phrase structure rule or rewrite rule, used in some theories of linguistics * "Rule ''X''" elementary cellular automaton, where X is a number between 0-255 characterizing a specific model (e.g. ''Rule 110'') * Ruler, or "rule"; a distance measuring device * Phonological rule * Social norm, explicit or implicit rules used within society or by a group

Law and government

* Advance tax ruling, a tool for conforming taxation arrangements * Court order, a decision by a court *

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government ...

* In rulemaking by the federal government of the United States, a regulation mandated by Congress, but written or expanded upon by the executive branch * Law, which may informally be called a "rule" *

Military rule Military rule may mean: * Military justice, the legal system applying to members of the armed forces * Martial law, where military authority takes over normal administration of law * Militarism or militarist ideology, the ideology of government as b ...

, governance by a military body * Monastic rule, a collection of precepts that guides the life of monks or nuns in a religious order *

Procedural law Procedural law, adjective law, in some jurisdictions referred to as remedial law, or rules of court, comprises the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil, lawsuit, criminal or administrative proceedings. The rules are ...

, a ruleset governing the application of laws to cases * Rule of law, government based not on arbitrary decisions of officials but on laws

Geography

* Rule, Arkansas * Rule, Texas

Literature

* '' The Rules'', bestselling self-help book * ''Rules'' (novel), 2007 Newbery Honor book by Cynthia Lord * " The Rulers", a science fiction short story by A. E. van Vogt

Music

* Ja Rule (born 1976), hip hop artist

Albums

* '' R.U.L.E.'', by Ja Rule, 2004 * ''Rule'', by Anna Tsuchiya, 2010 * ''Rules'' (album), by the Whitest Boy Alive, 2009 * ''Rules'', by First Blood, 2017 * ''Rules!'', by Manila Luzon, 2019

Songs

* "Rule" (Nas song), 2001 * "Rule"/"Sparkle", a double A-side by Ayumi Hamasaki, 2009 * "Rule", by X Ambassadors from '' Orion'', 2019 * "Rules" (Doja Cat song), 2019 * "Rules" (KMFDM song), 1996 * "Rules", by Shakira from '' Laundry Service'', 2001

Other uses

* Rule (surname) * ''The Rule'' (film), a 2014 American documentary * ''Ruler'' (film), a 2019 Telugu-language film * '' Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula'', a 2003 Bollywood film * rule: a snippet of code which can perform email filtering *

Rule (horse) Rule (foaled January 13, 2007) is an American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2012 Monmouth Cup Stakes. At his retirement in 2012, he had a record of 6–2–6 from twenty starts. Background Rule was sired by Roman Ruler and his dam was ...

(born 2007), American racehorse * Rules (restaurant), upscale English restaurant in London * '' Rules!'', a 2014 iOS video game * "Rule #1" (''Batwoman'') * Rule (Bosnia and Herzegovina), political party