statute book

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noun

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

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status quo, status symbol, status zero, statutable, statute, statute book, statute law, statute mile, statute of limitations, statute of westminster, statutory

Origin of statute book

First recorded in 1585–95

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Examples from the Web for statute book

When the danger was over, and the Fundamental Law was passed, there was no excuse for its further maintenance on the Statute-book.
History of Holland|George Edmundson
I doubt if there be another nation on the globe having the brass and the baseness to put such a law on the statute-book.
My Bondage and My Freedom|Frederick Douglass
The statute-book demonstrates that the law was steadily bettering the condition of the slave.
The Brothers' War|John Calvin Reed
Why, then, should men of good feeling be unwilling to wipe them from the statute-book?
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall

This body was composed of natives who had no other idea in mind than to get their names on a statute-book as the makers of law.
Through the South Seas with Jack London|Martin Johnson

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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statute book

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statute book

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