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Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
Oregon has several strange laws still technically enforceable. Laws involving fortune-telling and playing golf in parks are among the state's oddest. Odd Oregon laws that may surprise you, such as ...
Thus ugly laws were methods by which lawmakers attempted to remove the poor from sight. [3]: 31–32 Laws similar to Chicago's followed in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1889. At some time from 1881 to 1890 an ugly law was enacted in Omaha, Nebraska. [10] Additionally, ugly laws were sparked by the Panic of 1893.
That's right, if you weren't lawfully wed, having sex was a Class 4 misdemeanor. A third attempt at repealing the law , however, finally succeeded in 2020. Winds/shutterstock
Here are some of the weirdest laws in the U.S: Alabama has a distaste for fake mustaches. They are illegal to wear to church with the purpose of making others laugh.
Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, Jacob S Knabb and Rob Funderburk, 2012; The Coast of Chicago: Stories by Stuart Dybek, 2004; Chicago Style Novella by R. Felini, 2013 "The Box of Robbers" a fairy tale by Lyman Frank Baum, reprinted in American Fairy Tales by Lyman Frank Baum, English Classical Literature, KAPO ...
Here are 10 weird Ohio laws, ... That's right: the Buckeye State was officially granted statehood on March 1, 1803 — 27 years after the United States declared independence from Britain and 16 ...
Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Covici-Friede, 1929. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Macmillan, 1933. A revised edition was published by The University of Chicago Press in 1960. A paperback edition was published in 1975 by Pinnacle Books and another paperback edition was published by Otto Penzler Books, 1993, ISBN 1-883402-05-0.