Lawbook
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A book in which laws are codified.
"At last, in 1968, the hated Paragraph 175 [which outlawed sodomy] was removed from the lawbooks after almost a century of struggle since its inception in 1871--but only in the GDR."
- 2 A textbook on some aspect of law.
Example
More examples"At last, in 1968, the hated Paragraph 175 [which outlawed sodomy] was removed from the lawbooks after almost a century of struggle since its inception in 1871--but only in the GDR."
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English *lawe-bok, from Old Norse lǫgbók (“lawbook”), otherwise, from law + book. Compare Old English laȝheboc.
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