blue lawnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbluː ˌlɔː/us/ˈbluː ˌlɑː/US old-fashioned informala law that limits activities that are considered not to be moral for religious reasons, such as shopping or working on Sundays
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Examples from literature
- Enforcement of the blue laws would make Sunday not a day of resting but of arresting.
- The laws against witchcraft, the long line of "blue laws," the laws affecting religious beliefs and many social customs, are well-known examples of legal and innocent acts which legislatures and courts have once made criminal.
- The old blue laws were stringently enforced, and the penalty for infringement was usually a sharp one.