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Meaning of Blue laws
A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally.
What does Blue Laws mean in American Law?
The definition of Blue Laws in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Once, laws regulating moral conduct strictly and in detail, e.g., criminalizing profanity, disrespect of authority (especially religious), failure to attend church, sexual looseness, etc. Now almost wholly confined to laws forbidding commercial activities on the Christian Sabbath. Present versions of such laws are riddled with exceptions, and are regularly (but not always) declared unconstitutional on divers state and federal grounds.
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Concept of Blue Laws in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Blue Laws: Actually, laws adopted in some New England colonies regarding religious and personal conduct. Later came to mean any laws regarding the conducting of business on Sunday. Do not confuse with Blue Sky Laws.
Concept of Blue Laws in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Blue Laws: Actually, laws adopted in some New England colonies regarding religious and personal conduct. Later came to mean any laws regarding the conducting of business on Sunday. Do not confuse with Blue Sky Laws.
Etimology of Blue Laws
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1781, severe Puritanical code said to have been enacted 18c. in New Haven, Connecticut; of uncertain origin, perhaps from one of the ground senses behind blues, or from notion of coldness. Or perhaps connected to bluestocking in the sense of “puritanically plain or mean” (see bluestocking, which is a different application of the same term; the parliament of 1653 was derisively called the bluestocking parliament). The common explanation that they were written on blue paper is not considered valid; pale blue paper was used for many old U.S. legal documents and there would have been nothing notable about its use in this case.
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