Corn Laws

plural noun

the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846 See also Anti-Corn Law League

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Its working is in beautiful harmony with that of the newly modeled corn-laws, as we shall presently explain.

The Corn-laws makes the labourer pay double the price for his food.

Cobden consented, and at the meeting was much struck by Bright's short speech, and urged him to speak against the Corn Laws.

In his speech he remarked that the purpose and principle of the corn-laws were protection to the landed interest.

The motion was seconded by Sir William Molesworth, who drew a gloomy picture of the operation of the corn-laws.

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