statute book

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noun

a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.

Origin of statute book

First recorded in 1585–95

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Related Words for statute book

codification, lawbook

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Historical Examples of statute book

I suppose there are other rights as well as those of the statute-book?
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.
Charles James Lever
The effect of the Mutiny on the Statute-book was unmistakable.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
George Otto Trevelyan
Truly, there is, both in the Scripture and the statute-book.
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The law for it has been on our statute-book for fifty-two years.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)
Thomas Hart Benton
At length he brought a little book, but we called for the statute-book.
George Fox
George Fox

British Dictionary definitions for statute book

statute book

noun

mainly British a register of enactments passed by the legislative body of a state, usually made up of a series of volumes that form a complete official recordnot on the statute book

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