corn law

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Corn Laws

Alternative forms[edit]

Corn Law, corn-law, (rare) cornlaw

Noun[edit]

corn law (plural corn laws)

(historical, UK politics) One of the tariffs and protectionist regulations on imported grain and other foodstuffs enforced in the United Kingdom from 1815 until their abolition in 1846.

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