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Statute book

noun

A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction.

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"Statute book" Quotes from Famous Books

... indeed, came across him, when he considered, as a lawyer, that this father was probably, in the eye of law, a traitor; and that there was an ugly crime on the Statute Book, called misprision of treason. On the other hand, whatever he might think or suspect, he could not take upon him to say that the man was a priest, whom he had never seen in the dress of his order, or ...

— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott

... agreed that the knowledge of what was taking place in England, with regard to our organization, greatly strengthened the hands of the Imperial Parliament in its difficult task of framing and placing upon the Statute Book those two great measures which have remained the basis of politics and defence throughout the Empire: the Imperial Defence Act and the Imperial Parliamentary Representation Act. At the time there were not wanting critics who ...

— The Message • Alec John Dawson

... ordained that his trial should be always by English. They made Acts to restrain trade, as you do; and they prevented the Welsh from the use of fairs and markets, as you do the Americans from fisheries and foreign ports. In short, when the Statute Book was not quite so much swelled as it is now, you find no less than fifteen acts of penal regulation on the ...

— Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Statute book" : law, written record, legislation, written account, jurisprudence, statute law