law-bookn.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːbʊk/, U.S.

/ˈlɔˌbʊk/,

/ˈlɑˌbʊk/

Etymology: < law n.¹ + book n.; compare Old Norse lǫg-bók.

1. A book containing a code of laws.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > written law > [noun] > book of laws or statutes

doombooka925

law-bookc1175

statute book1558

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16944 Þe nahht maȝȝ ec bitacnenn uss. All þatt stafflike lare. Off moysæsess laȝhe boc.

1860 F. M. Müller Hist. Sanskrit Lit. (ed. 2) Introd. 62 The different dates ascribed to Manu as the author of our Law-book.

2. Chiefly plural. A book treating of law.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > book treating of law

law-book1555

nomography1731

1555 Bp. S. Gardiner Will in J. G. Nichols & J. Bruce Wills Doctors' Commons (1863) 43 I bequeath to Thomas Worliche all my humanitie and lawe bookes.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 10 Gentlemen, Let me tell you what our Law-books say.

1720–21 C. Phipps in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 13 The oldest man alive, or any law-book, cannot give any instance of such a proceeding.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 42 In the fourth century, many camels might have been laden with law-books.

1837 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xiii. 146 Europe suffered from the multiplication of law-books.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	law-book
释义	law-bookn. Brit. /ˈlɔːbʊk/, U.S. /ˈlɔˌbʊk/, /ˈlɑˌbʊk/ Etymology: < law n.¹ + book n.; compare Old Norse lǫg-bók. 1. A book containing a code of laws. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > book of laws or statutes doombooka925 law-bookc1175 statute book1558 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16944 Þe nahht maȝȝ ec bitacnenn uss. All þatt stafflike lare. Off moysæsess laȝhe boc. 1860 F. M. Müller Hist. Sanskrit Lit. (ed. 2) Introd. 62 The different dates ascribed to Manu as the author of our Law-book. 2. Chiefly plural. A book treating of law. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > book treating of law law-book1555 nomography1731 1555 Bp. S. Gardiner Will in J. G. Nichols & J. Bruce Wills Doctors' Commons (1863) 43 I bequeath to Thomas Worliche all my humanitie and lawe bookes. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 10 Gentlemen, Let me tell you what our Law-books say. 1720–21 C. Phipps in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 13 The oldest man alive, or any law-book, cannot give any instance of such a proceeding. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 42 In the fourth century, many camels might have been laden with law-books. 1837 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xiii. 146 Europe suffered from the multiplication of law-books. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1175
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