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
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 does not exist in the statute book.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2020
It is a fact known to but few at this late day that the Roman Catholics of Maryland were the first who placed religious toleration on a statute book in America.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
