English Explanatory Dictionary

blue law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A restrictive religious-based law in colonial New England, especially preventing leisure activities on a Sunday.
  2. Any puritanical or restrictive law, especially one that prohibits or restricts commercial activity on a Sunday.

Word forms

blue law blue laws

Etymology

Unknown.

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