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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of a series of British laws in force before 1846 regulating the grain trade and restricting imports of grain.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A legislative enactment relating to the exportation or importation of grain; specifically, in English history, one of a series of laws extending from 1436 to 1842, regulating the home and foreign grain-trade of England.

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