(North America, now, historical) A restrictive religious-based law in colonial New England, especially preventing leisure activities on a Sunday.
(North America, now, historical) A restrictive religious-based law in colonial New England, especially preventing leisure activities on a Sunday.
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(US) Any one of a series of laws, passed before the American Civil War, sharply discriminating against free blacks who wished to emigrate to a northern state and become citizens there.
(US, colloquial, now, historical) A New England federalist, who opposed the Anglo-American War of 1812; loosely, a federalist.
(legal, US) A law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud, requiring the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock brokers and brokerage firms.
Having its basis in the law.
(North America, by extension) Any puritanical or restrictive law, especially one that prohibits or restricts commercial activity on a Sunday.
: [I]t's actually a way around the Swiss blue laws demanding that shops close from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning. The laws apply everywhere but the airport, so they built a massive supermarket in the Swiss Air terminal.