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lawbook

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[law-book] / ˈlɔˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book consisting or treating of laws, legal issues, or cases that have been adjudicated.


Etymology

Origin of lawbook

First recorded in 1150–1200, lawbook is from the Middle English word lagheboc. See law 1, book

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Some of the confusion has come from a big rewrite of the lawbook in 2019, when the considerations for handball went from just three lines to an entire page.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Former England captain Dylan Hartley hopes the incident prompts a review of rugby's lawbook.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2022

In addition to a lawbook, patrol officers now have access to a fat directory of government services.

From Time Magazine Archive

Combining long business experience with his oldtime lawbook learning, he appeared before Kansas' Corporation Commission, examined a witness in an oil case.

From Time Magazine Archive

He came back to his table, and sat down before his lawbook.

From Miss Lulu Bett by Gale, Zona

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