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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 Sundaysplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE LAW (noun)


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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