1A law prohibiting certain activities, such as shopping, on a Sunday.
〈北美〉蓝色法规（禁止在星期日从事购物等活动的法规）
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My friend points me to the following article about how the state may relax its blue laws and allow cities to permit selling alcohol on Sundays.
Not surprisingly, many critics chafed at this populist behavior and attempted to regulate it through a variety of blue laws, fees, and restrictions.
Even as wine shipments appear to be opening, the NY retail scene remains uncompetitive because of blue laws.
Shorter workdays became more important than rest on Sunday, and American courts and society found practically any commercial activity to be a necessity and thus exempt from blue laws.
Then why has the group voiced opposition to repealing Colorado's blue law that closes liquor stores on Sunday?
1.1(in colonial New England) a strict puritanical law, particularly one preventing entertainment or leisure activities on a Sunday.
蓝色法规（殖民地时代新英格兰苛刻的清教教规，尤指禁止在星期日从事休闲活动的教规）
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I would rather have the people of the state to know at the beginning that my policy will be broad, philanthropic and for the best interest of all concerned, and that no sumptuary or blue laws of New England will ever find a place in my administration.
The club was one of the many after-hours drinking clubs that dotted the streets of Philadelphia in the days when the old blue laws were still on the books.
The blue laws of New England forbade the playing of cards and other common games on the Sabbath.
He says ‘yes,’ but Massachusetts' Attorney General says no - and is enforcing his state's old blue law against the markets.
Definition of blue law in US English:
blue law
nounˈblo͞o ˌlôˈblu ˌlɔ
North American
1A law prohibiting certain activities, such as shopping, on a Sunday.
〈北美〉蓝色法规（禁止在星期日从事购物等活动的法规）
Example sentencesExamples
Then why has the group voiced opposition to repealing Colorado's blue law that closes liquor stores on Sunday?
Even as wine shipments appear to be opening, the NY retail scene remains uncompetitive because of blue laws.
My friend points me to the following article about how the state may relax its blue laws and allow cities to permit selling alcohol on Sundays.
Shorter workdays became more important than rest on Sunday, and American courts and society found practically any commercial activity to be a necessity and thus exempt from blue laws.
Not surprisingly, many critics chafed at this populist behavior and attempted to regulate it through a variety of blue laws, fees, and restrictions.
1.1(in colonial New England) a strict religious law, particularly one preventing entertainment or leisure activities on a Sunday.
蓝色法规（殖民地时代新英格兰苛刻的清教教规，尤指禁止在星期日从事休闲活动的教规）
Example sentencesExamples
I would rather have the people of the state to know at the beginning that my policy will be broad, philanthropic and for the best interest of all concerned, and that no sumptuary or blue laws of New England will ever find a place in my administration.
He says ‘yes,’ but Massachusetts' Attorney General says no - and is enforcing his state's old blue law against the markets.
The club was one of the many after-hours drinking clubs that dotted the streets of Philadelphia in the days when the old blue laws were still on the books.
The blue laws of New England forbade the playing of cards and other common games on the Sabbath.