preregulation

adj

adj

Etymology From pre- + regulation.

Before the introduction of a regulation.

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.2008 January 9, Alan Feuer, “Antiwar Groups Claim Victory in Settlement Over Great Lawn”, in New York Times:

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