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blue law
blue lawn.1. A law designed to prohibit or limit the transaction of commercial business or the holding of recreational activities on Sundays.2. One of a body of laws in colonial New England designed to enforce certain moral standards and particularly to prohibit specified forms of entertainment or recreation on Sundays.blue′ law`
n. 1. any law that forbids certain practices, as doing business or dancing, on Sunday. 2. any of the puritanical laws of colonial New England regulating personal conduct. [1775–85, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | blue law - a statute regulating work on Sundayslaw - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
Blue Law
Blue LawA law intended to enforce religious morality. In general, blue laws refer to public observance of holy days through the restriction of commerce. While most blue laws in the United States have been repealed, many states restrict the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath. Other countries have similar restrictions on Jewish, Islamic and other holidays.blue law
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