A standing decision applied to all cases of a kind. Policy exists so the same question need not be answered twice.
Greek πολιτεία (politeia, citizenship, government), from πόλις (polis, city), via Latin politia and Old French policie; a standing decision applied to every case of a kind so the same question need not be governed twice.
A standing decision applied to every case of a kind, so that the same question never has to be answered twice.