statute book
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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
He said legislation "across the statute book" assumes all people can be categorised in two sexes or genders - "terms which have been used interchangeably".
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2021
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
Upon the Constitution this party wrote equal rights for all; upon every statute book, humanity; upon the flag, liberty.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green