Rule
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
TERM, in English practice; aterm rule is in the nature of a day rule by which a prisoner is enabled by the terms of one rule, instead of a daily rule, to quit the prison or its rules for the purse of transacting his business. It is obtained in the same manner asa day rule. See Rules. -