houserule (pluralhouse rules)

1. Arule adopted by a particularestablishment.
   • 2000, Charles Staples Magnum,The Legal Status of the Negro:

     Ahouse rule was put into effect which set aside certain hours when the hall was to be used by white patrons only.

   • 2000, Anthony Bailey,America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World:

     There were a couple of stricthouse rules: no playing on the billiard table, which we had damaged twice; and no talking in bed.

2. A rule used in playing a game that is not part of the official ruleset.

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