Corn Law

American  

noun

English History.

1. any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.

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Example Sentences

Corn Law Repeal 1846 The Corn Law duty’s brushed away, Hence we enjoy cheap bread to-day.

From A Humorous History of England by Harrison, Charles

He then turned to win that of the people by a new Corn Law which arranged that the Government should buy corn wholesale and supply it to the Roman people at a fixed low price.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

Corn Law, of C. Gracchus, 128; proposed —— of Saturninus, 138; of Drusus, 139.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The amount of wheat imported into England before the era of Corn Law repeal was inconsiderable.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

Earl Grey attempted to provoke a Corn Law discussion, but the feeling of the House was against the premature introduction of so complicated and exciting a topic.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher