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CURFEW Definition & Legal Meaning

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An Institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of William the Conqueror, which consisted in the ringing of a bell or bells at eight o’clock at night, at which signal the people were required to extinguish all lights in their dwellings, and to put out or rake up their fires, and retire to rest, and all companies to disperse. The word is probably derived from the French couvre feu, to cover the fire.

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