statute book

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Any bills not on the statute book by then will fall, but can be brought back.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

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

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

Look at our statute book, and if we are to judge from that, of the utter detestation with which our people look upon immorality of every kind, we deserve to be considered paragons of propriety.

From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William