lawbook

[ law-book ]

/ ˈlɔˌbʊk /

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noun

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

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Origin of lawbook

First recorded in 1150–1200, lawbook is from the Middle English word lagheboc.See law¹, book

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Thus the Lawbook of Manu recommends it as the natural weapon of the Brahman against his enemies.
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In lawbook as in prophecy, it is the fact of redemption which forms the main ground of His appeal.
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Now I do not mean that he has a "natural right" to do these things inscribed on any lawbook of Nature.
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