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
She added that the legislation would "bring about the most significant reforms to social housing regulation in over a decade and this bill is now ready to proceed to the statute book".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
It added: "It will also bring Harpers Law onto the statute book, introducing mandatory life sentences for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker whilst committing a crime."
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2022
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 would be as easy to exclude the light of the sun by a leaf of the statute book.
From Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country by William Swan Plumer
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