lawbook
Americannoun
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
Furtively he riffles through a lawbook, evilly he smiles at what he finds, cunningly he recruits a lover for his wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the lawbook of the tsar Wachtang a double composition price was exacted for death by poison.
From Sex and Society by William I. Thomas
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