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BLUE LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue law mean?
• BLUE LAW (noun)
The noun BLUE LAW has 1 sense:
1. a statute regulating work on Sundays
Familiarity information: BLUE LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A statute regulating work on Sundays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blue law" is a kind of...):
law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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