statute book
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- noun
- /ˈstætʃuːt bʊk/
- UK
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código legal
- And now, although that bill became a law and is now upon our statute book, it is again proposed to amend the Constitution to confer upon Congress the power to pass it.
But you know, but you know, but the older generation are not are not behaving as if as if those laws were on the statute books.
- But you know, but you know, but the older generation are not are not behaving as if as if those laws were on the statute books.
Examples
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Two hundred crimes once subject to capital punishment had been swept from England's statute book.
Academic text (1997) -
The new regulations will be included in the next edition of the statute book for our jurisdiction.
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There is a statute book one can look up to find out what's illegal.
Blog text (30) -
I don't know whether it is still on the statute books.
Blog text (26) -
No local authority has yet introduced a local child curfew, but the very fact that the act is on the statute book resonates with older ideas that children should be seen, but not heard, that they should be in the right place, that is, in their rightful place in society.
Academic text (2004) -
Lawyers often refer to the statute book to understand the legal framework governing specific cases.
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Changes to the law will not take effect until they are published in the official statute book.
Synonyms
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A book that gives official rules and legal information
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official collection or record of laws' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'statute' (a formal law) with 'book' (a compilation or record). This compound follows a straightforward noun+noun composition pattern common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Statute book comes from the simple image of a statute, a written law, kept in a book for officials. Because rulers collected their rules in one book, something on the statute book means it is a 'law' that is officially recorded.