| 词汇 | statute-book |
| 释义 | statute bookphraseUK When a law is on or reaches the statute book, it has been formally approved and written down and can be used in a law court: 法典;法令全书;法规汇编 I doubt that such legislation will ever reach the statute book. The committee has drawn up a list of measures it wants to see on the statute book. We must ensure that the Bill is put on the statute book. As long as execution remains on the statute book, we will continue to fight against it. If the drug laws don't work, they should be taken off the statute books. See also statute the statute book | Business Englishthe statute book noun[ S ] UKukus LAW when a law is on the statute book, it has been formally approved and can be used in a law court: be on the statute bookThe pre-emptive right of tenants to purchase their farms is unlikely to be on the statute book until next spring. reach the statute bookIt is a blatantly discriminatory piece of legislation which should never have reached the statute book. Examples of statute bookstatute book A number of bills were proposed, but all failed to make it to thestatutebook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The act's 478 sections and 16 schedules covered more pages of thestatutebook than any previous act. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. More than one thousand offences for which imprisonment and caning were previously prescribed were also removed from thestatutebook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An ingenious rogue will almost always escape from the text of thestatutebook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thestatutebook is replete with examples of special statutory review. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With this on thestatutebook, it will give police and prosecutors a lot of discretion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, even after 16 years of its existence in thestatutebook, it has not shown its desired effect. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was made permanent in 1660 and remains on thestatutebook although it has been substantially altered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is believed to have been the shortest time from start of a campaign to legislation on thestatutebook since the 1930s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Though such laws remain on thestatutebook until they are amended, after being struck down they can not be enforced. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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