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corn laws
(Encyclopedia) corn laws, regulations restricting the export and import of grain, particularly in England. As early as 1361 export was forbidden in order to keep English grain cheap. Subsequent laws…Germanic laws
(Encyclopedia) Germanic laws, customary law codes of the Germans before their contact with the Romans. They are unknown to us except through casual references of ancient authors and inferences from…gas laws
(Encyclopedia) gas laws, physical laws describing the behavior of a gas under various conditions of pressure, volume, and temperature. Experimental results indicate that all real gases behave in…game laws
(Encyclopedia) game laws, restrictions on the hunting or capture of wild game, whether bird, beast, or fish. After the Norman Conquest (1066), England enacted stringent game laws, known as the Forest…blue laws
(Encyclopedia) blue laws, legislation regulating public and private conduct, especially laws relating to Sabbath observance. The term was originally applied to the 17th-century laws of the theocratic…sumptuary laws
(Encyclopedia) sumptuary lawssumptuary lawssŭmpˈch&oomacr;ĕˌrē [key], regulations based on social, religious, or moral grounds directed against overindulgence of luxury in diet and drink and…agrarian laws
(Encyclopedia) agrarian laws, in ancient Rome, the laws regulating the disposition of public lands (ager publicus). It was the practice of Rome to confiscate part of the land of conquered cities and…Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History
Read about landmark cases that have changed history, from Marbury v. Madison to the challenge to Obamacare. 1803Marbury v. Madison was the first instance in which a law passed by Congress…Jim Bolus Biography
Jim BolusAge: 54 Kentucky Derby historian; was the former secretary of the National Turf Writers Association; worked for 23 years for the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times before…Jim Kropfeld Biography
Jim Kropfeld Age: 58 three-time national champion driver in unlimited hydroplane racing; piloted Miss Budweiser to national titles in 1984, 1986 and 1987; suffered a broken neck in 1988…Trending
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