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

While Awaab's Law has now been written into the statute book to compel social housing landlords to inspect and repair damp and mould, this does not cover the private rental sector.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

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

His curiosity had not extended so far as the study of the English statute book, and on such points he must refer the Council to the Nuncio.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.