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The seventh-century BC law-text of Locrians by Zaleucus, the first written 'law code' in ancient Greece, stipulated: . A free-born woman may not be accompanied by more than one female slave, unless she is drunk; she may not leave the city during the night, unless she is planning to commit adultery; she may not wear gold jewelry or a garment with a purple border, unless she is a courtesan; and ...
Qing sumptuary laws only allowed four clawed dragons for officials, Han Chinese nobles and Manchu nobles while the Qing Imperial family, emperor and princes up to the second degree and their female family members were entitled to wear five clawed dragons.
Mandarin squares were first authorized for the wear of officials in the sumptuary laws of 1391 of the Ming dynasty. [4]: 235 The use of squares depicting birds for civil officials and animals for military officials was an outgrowth of the use of similar squares, apparently for decorative use, in the Yuan dynasty. [5]
Law on Immunity of the Property of Foreign Central Banks from Compulsory Judicial Measures: 27 August 2006: Law on the Supervision of Standing Committees of People's Congresses at Various Levels: 155 / 1 / 5 [3] 1 July 2015: National Security Law: 154 / 0 / 1 [4] 27 December 2015: Law on National Medals and National Honorary Titles: 157 / 0 / 2 ...
The mid-18th century sumptuary laws stipulated that only the emperor and heir apparent could wear robes with five-clawed dragons, but in the 19th century, these regulations were often not observed. [42] Other people were actually supposed to wear four-clawed dragons robes . [43] Dark blue [42] chaopao with either 4-clawed or 5-clawed dragons
American drug law enforcement agents detain a man in 2005. Opium poppies growing in Afghanistan, a major source of drugs today. In response to rising drug use among young people and the counterculture movement, government efforts to enforce prohibition were strengthened in many countries from the 1960s onward.
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A Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel (37 Edw. 3. cc. 1, 3 - 19) (Latin: Statut' de Victu et Vestitu) was a sumptuary law introduced by the Parliament of England in 1363. It was one of a series of laws over a couple of centuries that form what are known as the Acts of Apparel.