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sumptuary laws  

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  • The laws that, since medieval times, were created to limit the consumption of specific commodities were called sumptuary laws. These laws were mostly used to regulate the consumption of clothes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Sumptuary Laws]

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