Definition of statute book
: the whole body of legislation of a given jurisdiction whether or not published as a whole
—usually used in plural
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By 1900, the gold standard was written into the statute books.
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Though declared unconstitutional in 2013, a law against mocking the president remains on the statute books and Mr Mnangagwa has supported keeping it.
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The party is also trying to force onto the statute book the government’s pledge to avoid a hard Irish border as a result of Brexit.
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Lawmakers voted 326-290 in favor of a bill designed to transpose more than 10,000 EU laws on to the U.K. statute book.
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As for the left, the opposition Labour Party is pushing the government to tweak legislation aimed at bringing EU law on to the U.K. statute book, from where it can be edited.
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Another was that as a matter of principle not a line of the Affordable Care Act should be left on the statute books.
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1823
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