| 单词 | gin act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGin Act Gin Act n. British (now historical) one of several Acts of Parliament passed in the 18th cent. to control the sale of gin.The Gin Acts of 1729 and esp. 1736 raised the retail tax on the sale of gin; after public protest the latter was repealed in 1743. The Gin Act of 1751 eliminated small gin shops, thereby restricting the distribution of gin to larger distillers. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > commercial or revenue sizea1300 assizea1330 indiction1586 poll bill1641 frumentarian law1652 statute of the staple1657 statute of frauds1678 Gin Act1730 Pot Act1733 Stamp Act1765 Stamp-Bill1765 corn law1766 Bumboat Act1796 Maine law1852 permissive bill1864 lemon law1981 1730 H. Fielding Rape upon Rape iii. iii. 32 Truly, since this Gin Act, Trade hath been so dull, that I have often wished my Husband would live by the Highway himself, instead of taking Highwaymen. 1736 Addr. to People Late Acts Parl. 8 This Act, commonly called the Gin Act;..and Two other Acts;..were the last Day of the Term, in Westminster-Hall,..made up in a Parcel. 1777 in Ld. Chesterfield Misc. Wks. I. 242 Lord Chesterfield's first speech on the Gin act, February 21, 1743. 1865 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 485/2 The Gin Act became more and more unpopular, until, after a very unsatisfactory trial of six years, the prohibition duties were repealed. 1999 J. Burnett Liquid Pleasures viii. 164 The Gin Act was fairly easily evaded by disguising gin with some addition such as wine. < as lemmas |
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