sumptuary laws
11sumptuary — adjective a) Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. b) Relating to a law; sumptuary laws or regulations, are those intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate… …
12sumptuary — adjective Etymology: Latin sumptuarius, from sumptus expense, from sumere to take, spend more at consume Date: 1600 1. relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury < conservative sumptuary tastes John… …
13Sumptuary Legislation — ♦ Laws regulating expenditure on food and dress. (Waugh, Scott. England in the Reign of Edward III, 238) …
14Sumptuary law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
15Laws of honor — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
16Laws of motion — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
17sumptuary — [ sʌm(p)tjʊəri] adjective chiefly historical relating to or denoting laws that limit private expenditure on food and personal items. Origin C17: from L. sumptuarius, from sumptus cost …
18Brehon laws — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
19Kepler's laws — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
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