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STATUTE BOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("statute book" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Meronyms (parts of "statute book"):
legislation; statute law (law enacted by a legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)