Ruling

Word RULING
Character 6
Hyphenation rul ing
Pronunciations /ˈɹuːlɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Ruling"

What do we mean by ruling?

Exercising control or authority. adjective

Predominant. adjective

The act of governing or controlling. noun

An authoritative or official decision. noun

The determination by a judge or court of a point arising in the course of a trial or hearing. noun

The act of making ruled lines; also, such lines collectively. noun

Having control or authority; governing; reigning; chief; prevalent; predominant.

Synonyms Prevailing, Predominant, etc. (see prevalent), controlling.

The act of one who rules; ruled lines. noun

A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence. noun

Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling. adjective

Used in marking or engraving lines. adjective

That rules or rule. adjective

An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority. noun

Present participle of rule. verb

The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) noun

Exercising power or authority adjective

To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.

To excel.

To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

To decide judicially.

To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

A common statement is which a person attempts to convey that "rules" (policies, laws, etc) must be followed irrespective of personal intuition or any sense of what really makes sense. "Rules is rules" conveys that it is the rule, and nothing else, that determines a certain action or inaction. The statement is usually used in a context where it is believed that the rule "doesn't make sense", but it must be followed anyway, simply because it is a rule. Urban Dictionary

Why are you looking this up, nobody follows the rules on Urban Dictionary including the editors. Urban Dictionary

Something that is higher in quality than all other things. Urban Dictionary

The opposite of sucks Urban Dictionary

In video game store etiquette, The Rule is the obligation one has to hand a video game console over to other people waiting to play once that person loses the game he is on. Failure to follow The Rule will often result in bystanders complaining about disregard for this sacred rule. Urban Dictionary

Used as a sarcastic response when an individual expresses how much they don't obey the social norms or adhere to the generally accepted guidelines of society Urban Dictionary

Things that are made to be broken. Urban Dictionary

Possessing or creating a characteristic that is superperfect and makes you want to overuse the word RULE. ALSO: Being and/or doing what is very cool and even pretty much awesome, AKA anything that might embarrass your mother or people that smell like old cottage cheese. OR: Anything that catches on really very quickly amongst all your friends and toes that look like fingers. Urban Dictionary

1. v. to succede, dominate, or do exceptionally. 2. v. to be better than the rest. Urban Dictionary

A list of things that nobody cares Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ruling

The word "ruling" in example sentences

In that God's Spirit here commends their ruling, being duly discharged, _ruling well, excellently_, &c. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The retirement for a president is not 65years it can be 90 you can be the president in ruling from a nursing home there is nothing wrong with that it is also making history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, the ruling is a bit of a political embarrassment for the 20 state attorneys general who filed the suit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such things cannot be prohibited but they could be combated using awareness campaigns … simply speaking, this ruling is an insult to the whole nation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And while the case concerned public employees, the ruling is also likely to affect private employers, since Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers private employers as well as public ones, according to Prof. Sheila Foster of Fordham Law School. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Still, the ruling is a welcome development for France's second-largest bank, as it lays the entire blame of the 2008 trading debacle on Mr. Kerviel. ❋ David Gauthier-Villars (2010)

This was one of the last pieces of legislation with the real ability to influence states that historically and routinely disenfranchise minority groups and this ruling is akin to the Union Troops being removed from the south after the Civil War leading to pronounced segregationist policies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Zambian Progress thinks that the ruling is an indication of Zambian government weakness on corruption: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Conor Houlihan, a partner with Dillon Eustace law firm in Dublin, said the ruling is an important affirmation of the manner in which NAMA has conducted its business to date. ❋ Quentin Fottrell (2010)

Otherwise, if the ruling is a home run and the review says it wasn't, you then have to deal with where the runner should be. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Taiwan's opposition has jumped on the broadcasting outfit as a symbol of what they call the ruling party's "money politics." ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the ruling is as Think Progress describes it, what does that mean for the prisoners at Guantanamo? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Gregor Samsa, read the ruling is all I can suggest. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This ruling is the same as saying “he drinks and owns a car, so we should prosecute him for DUI even though we have never seen him drink AND drive”. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One can tell immediately that the ruling is all about federalism (rather than drugs) when you have the spectacle of the three most conservative judges supporting state legalization laws and the most liberal judges ruling for continued marijuana illegality under federal law. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"This ruling is a vivid reminder that opponents of traditional marriage have not given up their effort to overturn the will of the people." ❋ Unknown (2005)

This ruling is the latest decision to clarify what legal methods copyright holders may use when hunting down people who are trading files on peer-to-peer networks. ❋ Unknown (2004)

This ruling is a great day for those who cherish moral values and doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. ❋ Unknown (2004)

This ruling is the result of a concerted advocacy effort by AFB to bring this issue to the attention of the Librarian of Congress. ❋ Lori (2003)

Unfortunately our company doesn't allow us to send [Excel] files because they might have malicious [macros] [embedded]. Even if I know an Excel files is safe, I can not send it to you via email because "rules is rules". ❋ Seajay1978 (2016)

"Let me make a definitions about [my crush] and how sexy she is" Looks at [the rules] "Fuck that everybody needs to know [how hot] she is" ❋ LolCringe (2019)

[Peanut] [M&Ms] [rule]! ❋ Katie (2004)

[Black Sabbath] rules! [Bon Jovi] [sucks shit]. ❋ Assweepay (2003)

"[Hey] what's [this guy] doing?! Does't he [know] The Rule?" ❋ Ron McGoo II (2009)

Dude 1 "Yo breh i hit that bitch from behind last night after drinking to excess and smoking a blunt while flipping off the cops and [go-karting] around the [hopes and dreams] of orphans..." Dude 2: "[NO RULES] DUDE!!!" ❋ Lol @ The World (2009)

I walked into my Catholic School class, breaking as many "rules" as I could. I had a hat on (twisted halfway to the left), chomping on gum and blowing [big pink] bubbles, shirt [untucked], no belt underneath, shoe laces undone, and to top it off I walked in five minutes after the bell. My teacher nearly had a heart attack when she saw me [slouching] in my seat and in this state of so-called "disrepair." She shrieked at me. "You know the rules! No gum, shirt tucked in, a belt, and your shoes MUST.BE.TIED! Get to class on time next time, or instead of a tardy I'll send you to the principal. Now get out your homework!" I nonchalantly asked, "What homework?" She screamed, "You know the rules, do your homework." And I responded [deadpan], "Rules are things that are made to be broken." ❋ I Listen To Indie Music (2007)

"We are so [ruling] right now," meaning "we are doing something that makes most [other things] smell like poop and ass [and butt]." ❋ Myfacewasonceabutt (2010)

I [ruled] over [that man] who's ass I kicked. [O'Doyle] rules. ❋ O'Doyle (2005)

Rules? What? ❋ Pseudohacker (2021)

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