1) Clothing controversy
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Sumptuary laws (from Latin sumptuariae leges) are laws that attempt to regulate permitted consumption. Black`s Law Dictionary defines them as `Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures in the matter of apparel, food, furniture, etc.` Traditionally, they were laws that regulated......
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any law designed to restrict excessive personal expenditures in the interest of preventing extravagance and luxury. The term denotes regulations ... [4 related articles]
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Any law restraining excessive individual consumption, such as expenditure on food and dress, or attempting to control religious or moral conduct. The Romans had several sumptuary laws; for example,...
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a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community. · a law regulating personal expenditures designed to restrain extravagance, esp. in food and dress.
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