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lawbook

[ law-boo k ]

/ ˈlɔˌbʊk /

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noun

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

Words nearby lawbook

law term, law unto oneself, law-abiding, law-and-order, law-hand, lawbook, lawbreaker, lawes, lawfare, lawful, lawgiver

Origin of lawbook

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for lawbook

In lawbook as in prophecy, it is the fact of redemption which forms the main ground of His appeal.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I|George Adam Smith
In the lawbook of the tsar Wachtang a double composition price was exacted for death by poison.
Sex and Society|William I. Thomas
It was used in the sense of what the present Virginia lawbook calls a "regularly hauled fishing landing."
The Bounty of the Chesapeake|James Wharton
Thus the Lawbook of Manu recommends it as the natural weapon of the Brahman against his enemies.
A History of Sanskrit Literature|Arthur A. MacDonell

Now I do not mean that he has a "natural right" to do these things inscribed on any lawbook of Nature.
Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre|Voltairine de Cleyre

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