Law

• prohibition

  A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the...

• anti-drug law

  A law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs.

• anti-racketeering law

  Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions...

• antitrust legislation

  Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing...

• statute of limitations

  A statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be t...

• constitution

  Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government.

• public law

  A law affecting the public at large.

• blue law

  A statute regulating work on Sundays.

• blue sky law

  A state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of...

• gag law

  Any law that limits freedom of the press.

• homestead law

  A law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads.

• poor law

  A law providing support for the poor.

• Riot Act

  A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to th...