administrative rule. An officially promulgated agency regulation that has the force of law. • Administrative rules typically elaborate the requirements of a law or policy. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 381. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 87, 91.]
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A committee charged with drafting rules and an agenda for the orderly conduct of a deliberative assembly’s business, particularly that of a legislative body or a convention.
absolute-priority rule. Bankruptcy. The rule that a confirmable reorganization plan must provide for full payment to a class of dissenting unsecured creditors before a junior class of claimants will be allowed to receive or retain anything under the plan. • Some jurisdictions recognize an exception to this rule when a junior class member, usu. a
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Parliamentary law. To pass a motion that overrides an agenda or other procedural rule, for a limited time and purpose, so that the deliberative assembly may take some otherwise obstructed action.
dividend-credit rule. The principle that a corporate reserve fund amassed from unpaid dividends on preferred stock must be used to pay subsequent dividends on preferred stock before dividend payments on common stock. — Also termed cast-iron-pipe doctrine. [Cases: Corporations 156. C.J.S. Corporations § 158.]
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rule of 72. A method for determining how many years it takes to double money invested at a compound interest rate. • For example, at a compound rate of 6%, it takes 12 years (72 divided by 6) for principal to double.
reasonable-inference rule. An evidentiary principle providing that a jury, in deciding a case, may properly consider any reasonable inference drawn from the evidence presented at trial. Cf. PYRAMIDING INFERENCES, RULE AGAINST. [Cases: Criminal Law 559; Evidence 595. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1096; Evidence §§ 1300, 1341.]
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enrolled-bill rule. The conclusive presumption that a statute, once formalized, appears precisely as the legislature intended, thereby preventing any challenge to the drafting of the bill. [Cases: Statutes 283(2).C.J.S. Statutes §§ 74–75, 77.] “Under the ‘enrolled bill rule,’ an enrolled bill, properly authenticated and approved by the governor, is conclusive as to regularity of its
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Cordon rule. A rule of the U.S. Senate requiring any committee that is reporting a bill amending current law to show in its report what wording the bill would strike from or insert into the current statute. • The rule is named for Senator Guy Cordon (1890–1969) of Oregon, who proposed it. The analogous rule
rules committee 〈美〉规则委员会 众议院下设的一个常设委员会，它有权就讨论某个议案制定特殊规则。规则委员会相对于其他委员会的议案而言是一个渠道性工具，因而其成员在决定将哪个议案提交众议院讨论上享有极大的裁量权。