| 单词 | the statute book |
| 释义 | the statute book noun[S] UKukusLAW when alawis on thestatutebook, it has beenformallyapprovedand can be used in alawcourt: be on the statute bookThepre-emptiverightoftenantstopurchasetheirfarmsisunlikelyto be on thestatutebookuntil nextspring. reach the statute bookIt is ablatantlydiscriminatorypieceoflegislationwhich should never havereachedthestatutebook. Examplesofthe statute bookthe statute book A number of bills were proposed, but all failed to make it tothestatutebook. 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 ofthestatutebookthan 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 fromthestatutebook. 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 ofthestatutebook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thestatutebookis 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 onthestatutebook, 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 inthestatutebook, 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 onthestatutebookalthough 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 onthestatutebooksince the 1930s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Though such laws remain onthestatutebookuntil 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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