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View synonyms for statute book
statute book
noun
- a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
statute book
noun
- 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 record
not on the statute book
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Word History and Origins
Origin of statute book1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
The sumptuary law for burying the dead in woollen, still occupies its place in their statute book.
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With modification of detail but none of principle, this law held its place on the statute book for a hundred and twenty years.
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Successful experiment became law and the statute book the record of the progress of civilization.
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To this statute book, therefore, we must go for our knowledge of colonial life in all its relations.
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It may be safely affirmed, that its parallel is not to be found in the British Statute Book.
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