sus law

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From suspected person.

Noun[edit]

sus law (plural sus laws)

  1. (UK, informal) A law that permitted a police officer to stop, search and potentially arrest people on suspicion of being in breach of section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

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