English Dictionary

statute book

名詞

くだけた表現

(informal, law) All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.

日本語の意味

特定の管轄区域における全ての制定法や法令の集合

When a dispute arose, she consulted the statute book to see if any law directly applied.

紛争が起きたとき、彼女は直接適用される法律があるかどうかを確認するために法令集を調べた。

意味（1）

(informal, law) All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.

And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.

statute books （ plural ）