preregulation
English edit
Etymology edit
pre- + regulation
Adjective edit
preregulation (not comparable)
- Before the introduction of a regulation.
- 2008 January 9, Alan Feuer, “Antiwar Groups Claim Victory in Settlement Over Great Lawn”, in New York Times[1]:
- There were those who said the city was seeking to prevent demonstrations against the Iraq war and those of a more nostalgic bent who simply remembered a time preregulation when the Great Lawn played host to Simon and Garfunkel concerts and large-scale papal Masses.