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blue law

n.
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.]
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Noun1.blue law - a statute regulating work on Sundays
law - 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"
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That was the time of the Blue Laws, but perhaps it was too rigorous for King John.
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Eleven other states have a similar prohibition - or blue law - on Sunday auto sales.
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In 1888, the Blair Sunday-Rest Bill was introduced to Congress and would have made Sunday the national day of rest and religious observance, effectively serving as a national blue law.
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Within memory we have experienced fair trade restrictions, blue law restrictions and attempts to create a new class of over-the-counter drugs available only where a pharmacy license exists.
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Patrick, his brother, Michael, and their wives were co-owners of the Baloon (originally Saloon -- a now-rescinded blue law caused the name change) and several other New York restaurants at various times.
Time frame: the mural, 'Dancers at the Bar,' that hangs in O'Neal's Lincoln Center restaurant evokes a bygone, golden era in ballet. And where are the subjects now?
An unusual blue law forbidding social smoking was enacted in Connecticut.
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passes a blue law prohibiting drug stores from selling ice cream sodas.
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