Special Rule
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A rule or order of court made in a particular case, for a particular purpose. It is distinguished from a "general rule," which applies to a class of cases. It differs also from a "common rule," or ''rule of course."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Rule of Court. 30 C. C. A. 70. See 16 Am. L. Rev. 416; Salvage.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Rules granted without any motion in court, or when the motion is only assumed to have been made, and is not actually made, are calied "common" rales; while the rules granted upon motion actually made to the court in term, or upon a judge's order in vacation, are termed "special" rules. Brown. The term may also be understood as opposed to "general" rule; in which case it means a particular direction, in a matter of practice, made for the purposes of a particular case.
Defined under Rule in Black's Law Dictionary.