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ground rule definition

☆ ground rule

  1. Baseball any of a set of rules adapted to playing conditions in a specific ballpark
  2. any of a set of rules governing a specific activity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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