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Restraining Statute

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A statute which restrains the common law, where it is too lax and luxuriant. 1 Bl. Comm. 87. Statutes restraining the powers of corporations in regard to leases have been se called in England. 2 Bl. Comm. 319, 320.