preregulation

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ regulation.

Adjective

preregulation (not comparable)

1. 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.