Sumptuary
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Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon.Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit theexpenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws whichregulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws whichforbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxuriousapparel.
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