Sumptuary Laws
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Sumptuary laws, those in restraint of luxury, excess in apparel, etc., as the Statute of Nottingham (10 Edw. 3, stat. 3), de cibariis utendis, repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. They were mostly repealed by 1 Jac. 1, c. 25, 2 hall. Mid. Ages, c. 9, pt. 2, p. 493.
A statute, ordinance, or regulation that limits the expenditures that people can make for personal gratification or ostentatious display, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1450.
A statute, ordinance, or regulation that limits the expenditures that people can make for personal gratification or ostentatious display, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1450.
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