SUMPTUARY LAWS
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 45
(Lat. sumptus, expense.) Laws intended to restrain the expenditure of citizens. Ancient legislation abounded in them. Thus, among the Romans, the Lex Orchia limited the number of guests at a feast; the Lex Fannia restricted the cost of an ordinary entertainment to ten a es, and so forth. There were anciently many laws in England to restrain exce [s. 1205]
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