Sumptuary law refers to governmental control over extravagant expenditures of people that are for personal gratification. In the U.S. federal laws on alcohol include sumptuary laws that are directed at a purchaser. Any law the purpose of which is to regulate immoral conduct such as prostitution or drug abuse is considered as sumptuary law. [Beebe v. State, 6 Ind. 501 (Ind. 1855)].
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