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Brewer's: Sumptuary Laws
Laws to limit the expenses of food and dress, or any luxury. The Romans had their sumptuary laws (leges sumptuarii). Such laws have been enacted in many states at various times. Those of…Brewer's: Martian Laws
Laws compiled by Martia, wife of Guithelin, great-grandson of Mulmutius, who established in England the Mulmutian Laws. Alfred translated both these codes into Saxon-English. Guynteline…Brewer's: Mulmutine Laws
The code of Dunvallo Mulmutius, sixteenth King of the Britons (about B.C. 400). This code was translated by Gildas from British into Latin, and by Alfred into Anglo-Saxon. These laws…Brewer's: Myrmidons of the Law
Bailiffs, sheriffs' officers, and other law menials. Any rough fellow employed to annoy another is the employer's myrmidon. The Myrmidons were a people of Thessaly who followed Achilles to…Driving Laws, 2006
Currently all states plus DC have child safety seat laws and enforce a drinking age of 21. As of August 2005, all 50 states had blood alcohol concentration (bac) limits of 0.08, following concerted…Jude Law Biography
Jude LawactorBorn: 12/29/1972Birthplace: London, England Beguiling British actor who has played the bad boy in several films, Law's performance is often considered the best part of his early films,…Crime & Law Enforcement
Cite Find crime data and statistics, “Ten Most Wanted” list, incarceration, capital punishment, women on death row, and more. Crime DataLaw EnforcementIncarceration and…conservation laws
(Encyclopedia) conservation laws, in physics, basic laws that together determine which processes can or cannot occur in nature; each law maintains that the total value of the quantity governed by…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…Trending
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