Definition of Statute book

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

Generic synonyms: Written Account, Written Record
Terms within: Legislation, Statute Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Statute book

1. Noun. (informal legal) All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Statute Book

status effects
status epilepticus
status quo
status quo ante
status quo antes
status quos
status seeking
status symbol
status symbols
statuses
statusy
statutable
statutably
statute
statute(p)
statute book
statute books
statute law
statute mile
statute miles
statute of frauds
statute of limitations
statute title
statutes
statutes of frauds
statutorily
statutory
statutory-declaration
statutory-rape
statutory declaration

Literary usage of Statute book

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"IN this,year a course win Ье- guu for effecting a very useful reform in legal proceedings, by a revision of the statute book. On May 8th, fairl Stanhope ..."

2. A Sketch of English Legal History by Frederic William Maitland, Francis Charles Montague (1915)
"APPENDIX VI THE ENGLISH statute book [Extracts from Legislative Methods and Forms, ... WHAT is the English statute book? What are its contents? ..."

3. A Sketch of English Legal History by Frederic William Maitland, Francis Charles Montague (1915)
"APPENDIX VI THE ENGLISH statute book [Extracts from Legislative Methods and Forms, ... WHAT is the English statute book? What are its contents? ..."

4. Legislative Methods and Forms by Courtenay Ilbert (1901)
"WHAT is the English statute book ? What are its contents ? ... equivalent to Act of Parliament, and the English statute book might therefore be expected to ..."

5. The Mechanics of Law Making by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, Courtenay Ilbert (1914)
"n THE REFORM OF THE ENGLISH statute book I REFERRED in the preceding chapter to the difficulties experienced by English legislators and draftsmen in ..."

6. The Mechanics of Law Making by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, Courtenay Ilbert (1914)
"What attempts have been made in England to improve the form of our statute book, of our general body of statute law, how far have those attempts been ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The struggle began with the question whether the Prussian statute-book should replace the French "Code civile" in the province of the Rhine. ..."

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