statute book

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Amnesty also highlighted figures for the US, the only Western developed country where capital punishment is still on the statute book.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

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

Revising previous statutes, they enacted the Poor Law, which still remains on the statute book.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various