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Ancient laws against immorality

Title:Ancient laws against immorality
Alternate title:A view of ancient laws against immorality and profaneness; under the following heads; lewdness; profane swearing, cursing and blasphemy; perjury; prophanation of days devoted to religion; contempt or neglect of divine service; drunkenness; gaming; idleness, vagrancy, and begging; stage-plays and players; and duelling. Collected from the Jewish, Roman, Greek, Gothic, Lombard, and other laws, down to the middle of the eleventh century.
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Note:C. Crownfield [etc.], 1729
  
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Subject:Blasphemy
Subject:Comparative law
Subject:Criminal law -- History
Subject:Dueling
Subject:Liquor laws
Subject:Perjury
Subject:Poor laws
Subject:Prostitution
Subject:Sunday legislation
Subject:Theaters
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