Proper noun
Volstead
A surname.
Perhaps the best example of Thorne Smith's acutely sharp social humor played out against a backdrop of the Volstead Act ( Prohibition ). Source: Internet
The separate Volstead Act set down methods for enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, and defined which "intoxicating liquors" were prohibited, and which were excluded from prohibition (e. Source: Internet
The subsequent Volstead Act defined "intoxicating liquors" and provided for several exceptions, one of which as for sacramental use. Source: Internet
Some gang leaders were stashing liquor months before the Volstead Act was enforced. Source: Internet
The Volstead Act set the starting date for nationwide prohibition for January 17, 1920, which was the earliest date allowed by the 18th Amendment. Source: Internet
Under the state of New York's Mullan –Gage Act, a short-lived local version of the Volstead Act, the first 4,000 arrests led to just six convictions and not one jail sentence. Source: Internet