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
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
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
He pledged himself to maintain the Compromise measures, because he believed their continuance on the statute book will promote prosperity and happiness, while an interference with them will inevitably produce agitation, mischief, and misery.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
