Rules states including Utah (8)

I believe the answer is:

statutes

'rules' is the definition.
(statutes are laws)

'states including utah' is the wordplay.
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'utah' becomes 'UT' (abbreviation).
'states' going around 'ut' is 'STATUTES'.

(Other definitions for statutes that I've seen before include "regulations" , "Official and written laws" , "orders" , "Written laws passed by Parliament" , "Legislative acts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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