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plural form of blue law
{i} puritanical laws, local or government laws that forbid commercial activities on Sundays

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blue law
A law that is intended to enforce moral standards
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blue law
a law used in the past in the US to control activities that were considered immoral, such as drinking alcohol and working on Sundays. U.S. statute regulating work, commerce, and amusements on Sundays. The name is said to derive from a list of Sabbath regulations published (on blue paper or in blue wrappers) in New Haven, Conn., in 1781. Throughout colonial New England such laws regulated morals and conduct. Most lapsed after the American Revolution, but some, such as prohibitions against the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages, remain on the books in some areas
blue law
a statute regulating work on Sundays
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