Usually means: Governance according to established laws.
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  1. rule of law: Merriam-Webster
  2. rule of law: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rule of law: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. the rule of law: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. Rule of Law (Armenia), Rule of Law (The Outer Limits), Rule of Law (disambiguation), Rule of Law (horse), Rule of Law, Rule of law, The rule of law: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. rule of law: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Rule of law, The Rule of Law: Legal dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

(Note: See rule_of_laws as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rule of law)

noun:  (law, often capitalized) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
noun:  (law) The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rule, law.

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