| proposition(noun, regulation, plan, rule) |
| standard(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| brocard(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| command(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| criterion(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| guideline(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| imperative(noun, regulation, decree, instruction) |
| moral(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| principium(noun, regulation, rule, standard) |
| ruling(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| tenet(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| truism(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| truth(noun, regulation, rule, standard) |
| usage(noun, regulation, control, style) |
| aphorism(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| apothegm(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| assize(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| assumption(noun, regulation, rule, standard) |
| basis(noun, regulation, order, rule) |
| chapter and verse(noun, expression, idiom, regulation) |