blue sky laws

blue sky laws
An appellation for a type of statutes, which apparently originated in the expression concerning the credulous as "dumb enough to buy blue sky, if it is offered to him"; statutes intended, by the requirements which they impose, to prevent fraud in the sale of securities. Hall v Geiger-Jones Co. 242 US 538, 61 L Ed 480, 37 S Ct 217. See securities acts.

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