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statute book n
(Law) Chiefly Brit a register of enactments passed by the legislative body of a state, usually made up of a series of volumes that form a complete official record not on the statute book ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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We no longer suffer them to appeal at the prison gates to the charity and compassion of the passersby; but we still leave unblotted the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of succeeding ages, the just and wholesome law which declares that the sturdy felon shall be fed and clothed, and that the penniless debtor shall be left to die of starvation and nakedness. |
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