Question

Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent.

Accepted Answer

To specifyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specify, institutehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/institute, enacthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enact, asserthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assert firmly, statehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/state authoritatively, establishhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/establish or formulatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/formulate (ruleshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rule or policieshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/policy).

Lay Rules Beginning Consistent Firmly Authoritatively