lawbook en · NOUN
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English *lawe-bok, from Old Norse lǫgbók (“lawbook”), otherwise, from law + book. Compare Middle English laȝheboc.
Meanings
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A book in which laws are codified.
At last, in 1968, the hated Paragraph 175 [which outlawed sodomy] was removed from the lawbooks after almost a century of struggle since its inception in 1871--but only in the GDR.
2004 November 4, Leslie Feinberg, “Same-sex rights in East Germany: Legal and material progress”, in Workers World:
- A textbook on some aspect of law.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lawbooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| law-book | alternative | lexicographic | |
| law book | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
hu törvénygyűjtemény (book in which laws are codified) · de Gesetzsammlung (book in which laws are codified)