Key/value pairs defining custom rules. Key is the name of an element (or a group of checkboxes/radio buttons), value is an object consisting of rule/parameter pairs or a plain String. Can be combined with class/attribute/data rules. Each rule can be specified as having a depends-property to apply the rule only in certain conditions. See the second example below for details.

var options; // Type:  jQuery.validator.options
var instance; // Type:  jQuery.validator
instance = $(".selector").validate(options);

var value; // Type:  any

// Get value
value = instance.rules;
// Set value
instance.rules = value;

var rules : any;