Sumptuary Laws

(sum/tu-a-re.) [From L. sumptuarius, pertaining to expenses.) Those laws which, in extreme cases, have occasionally been made to restrain or limit the expenses of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, . S. L. are abridgments of personal liberty, and of very difficult execution. Sumter,THOMAS, (sum'tur,) an American Revolutionary general, B. in S. Carolina, 1734, became in 1780 brigadier general, and commander of a partisan corps of cavalry which gained numerous succe es against the English. He was sent to Congre in 1792, made minister to Brazil in 1809, and entered the U. S. Senate in 1811. D. 1832. Sum'ter, in Alabama, a W. co., b. on Mi i ippi; area, 800 sq. m.; C. Livings ton. Pop. 24,109.-In Florida, a central co.; C. Sumterville. Pop. 2,959.-In Georgia, a W.S.W. co.; area, 590 sq. m.; C. Am eric us. Pop. 16,559.-In S. Carolina, an E. central dist.; area, 1,500 sq. m.; C. Sumterville. Pop. 25,268. [s. 867]