lawbook

[ law-book ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lawbook¹

First recorded in 1150–1200, lawbook is from the Middle English word lagheboc. See law ¹, book

Example Sentences

On Brexit, another key area, Mr Sunak said he wanted to "fix" trading problems created by the Northern Ireland Protocol, and reform all EU laws still on the UK lawbook by the next general election.

From BBC

Former England captain Dylan Hartley hopes the incident prompts a review of rugby's lawbook.

From BBC

The 2014 bankruptcy filing of Energy Future Holdings, a Texas utility, yielded professional fees of more than $600 million, according to data collected by Texas Lawbook.

From New York Times

It was an opportunity the judge preferred to reject, for as a fellow jurist once remarked, “Tate is what you might call a lawbook lawyer, he never experiments, he goes strictly by the text”; but the same critic also said of him, “If I were innocent, he’s the first man I’d want on the bench; if I was guilty, the last.”

From Literature

In addition to a lawbook, patrol officers now have access to a fat directory of government services.

From Time Magazine Archive