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Discover LudwigThe phrase "rules laid out" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to regulations, standards, or guidelines that have been established. For example: "We must all abide by the rules laid out in the employee handbook."
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The F.D.I.C. has very clear rules, laid out by statute and reinforced by precedent.
Moreover, staff members are reluctant to change rules laid out by predecessors.
Under rules laid out by the company, the expert could not be named.
It also predates the rules laid out by the Knickerbockers by nearly 50 years.
JSOC had to use the rules laid out in the Army Field Manual to interrogate detainees.
Those include the rules laid out in the Geneva Conventions, which Mr. Bush's house lawyer, Albert Gonzalez, dismissed as "quaint".
"We hope we can get the ground rules laid out as we get into an Internet age".
Under the ground rules laid out by the Energy Department, most of the officials could not be quoted by name.
In some cases the very authors of constitutions broke the rules laid out in them to gain or preserve control over governments.
Under rules laid out by the military, Mr. Morsi has no power to dismiss senior officers — thus the request for the dismissal.
In an interview, Fitzgerald dismissed those concerns, saying she was following ethics rules laid out by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CDC.
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