statute book
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Also expected to make the statute book is a bill overhauling property law in England and Wales, giving more rights to people who own leasehold properties, where the building’s freehold is owned by someone else.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
A similar offence which covers stirring up hatred based on race had been on the statute book since 1986 without problems, he told MSPs at First Minister's Questions.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024
The main opposition Labour Party said it agreed it was a “reasonable” approach to take some measures off the statute book but that lawmakers would study the detail of the proposals.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2021
It does not exist in the statute book.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2020
Accordingly, all the penal laws in question were, then and there, torn from the statute book.
From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Rigby, Nicholas
