Regtjlar

<* 1. Following the rule; according to rule or law: observing the prescribed course: as, a regular — deposit, judgment, process or other proceeding. 2. Usual; general; not special: as, a regular— election, session.' In the expression " regular navigation," " regular " may be used in contradistinction to "occasional " and 1 Patterson v. De la Bonde, 8 Wall. 300 (1 68), Field, J. In English law, 2 Law Quar. Rev. 324-46 Cl«86); Roman Dutch law, ib. 347 (1886). ' E. S. §§ 4131. 4312: The Mohawk, 3 Wall. 571 (1865), Miller, J.; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 8l4 (1824), 3 Chalmers v. Funk, 76 Va. 719 (1882), Staples, J. < Appointment of Supervisors, ante. See generally 28 Am. Law Reg. 641-43 (1886), cases. »4 Bl. Com. 168; 1 Euss. Cr. 169. *L. regula, a rule. refer to vessels which constitute lines, rattier than to vessels which are regular in the sense of being properly documented.' Irregular. Not in compliance with the rule; regardless of rule or law; also, exceptional, special. "Irregular process "is usually applied to process not issued in strict conformity with the law, whether the defect renders the process absolutely void or only voidable. 2 Irregularity. Non-adherence to the prescribed rule or proceeding; as, by omitting something necessary for the due and orderly conducting of a suit, or by ordering it in an unseasonable time or improper manner.' See Erroneous; Void; Presumption. Regularly. " Regularly employed " in a trade does not mean continuously so employed.* Regulate-. To lay down the rule by which a thing shall be done; to prescribe the rule by which a business or trade shall be conducted. Power "to regulate commerce" is the power to prescribe the rules by which it shall be governed, that is, the conditions upon which it shall be conducted; to determine when it shall be free and when subject to duties or other exactions." "To regulate the practice" of a court by rules means to prescribe the manner of conducting proceedings, the time lor pleadings, etc." Power to regulate the use of the streets of a city implies power to.prohibit their use under proper ch-cumstances.^ Power to regulate the sale of liquor may embrace entire prohibition of sales to certain classes, such as minors." See further Prohibition. Regulation. In an act of Congress, "regulations" of a department means general rules relating to the subject upon which the department acts, made by the head thereof under some act giving the regulations the force of law.' General power to enact " sanitary regulations " includes power to prohibit sales of adulterated milk.'" See Rules and Regdlatioms; Temporary. 1 The Steamer Smidt, 16 Op. Att.-Gen. 277 (1879). 2 Doe dem. Cooper v. Harter, 2 Ind. 253 (1850): Woodcock V. Bennett, 1 Cow. 735 (1823). » Bowman v. Tallman, 2 Robt. 634 (1864): 1 Tidd's Pr. 512; Baldw. 246; 31 Cal. 626; 43 Mo. 317; 40 Wis. 366; 3 Chitty, Gen. Pr. 609. 1 Wilson V. Gray, 127 Mass. 99 (1879). " Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania, 114 U. S. 803 (1885), Field, J. « Vanatta v. Anderson, 3 Binn. 423 (1811). ' Attorney-General v. Boston, 142 Mass. 203 (1886). e Williams v. State, 48 Ind. 308 (1874).