单词 | yearbook |
释义 | yearbookn. 1. Law. One of a series of books containing reports of English legal cases, published from the late 13th or early 14th centuries to the reign of Henry VIII, and used as a source of precedents as part of the English system of common law (common law n. 1a). Usually in plural (now usually with capital initials).Recorded earlier as books of years and terms: see year n. Phrases 5b(c). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [noun] > law report > books of reports book?1518 books of years and termsc1523 yearbook1579 paper-book?1608 bench book1860 1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 160v Pape is an auncyent name falsely arrogated, or proudly vsurped by ye Bishop of the only Citye of Roome in Italie, and is commonlye englished the Pope, a name truely much frequented in our auncyent yere bookes. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xvii. f. 61v Uncoherent cases in yeare-bookes. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 189 The Reports and year-books of our Common Law. 1688 E. Herbert Short Acct. Authorities Law 12 Plowden, who..is as little like to be mistaken in the sense of the Year-books as any Reporter we have. 1749 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 329 It was expressly so understood by the Judges, within Five Years after the Statute was made, as appears by the Year-Book of 8 Henry VII. 1796 W. Seward Anecd. IV. 501 [Ld. Mansfield] said, that, when he was young, few persons would confess they had not read a considerable part, at least, of the Year Books. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia I. 431 It has been supposed that Pynson printed above forty year-books. 1825 P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 2 300 Looking at the year-books of Edward 3., they stop at the 30 Edw. 3., and they do not begin again till the 38th; so that there is no year-book for the 34 Edw. 3. 1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. v. 166 The reports in the Year Books are written in the strange jargon called law-French. 1916 Harvard Law Rev. 29 386 The supposal of the writs of replevin and trespass emphasized in the Year Books. 1994 E. A. Martin Dict. Law (ed. 3) 224/2 The Year Books were superseded by personalized reports, i.e. reports written privately by lawyers (e.g. Chief Justice Coke) who appended their names to them. 2. A book concerning the year as a period of time divided into days, months, seasons, etc., often accompanied by information regarding anniversaries, notable events, etc. Cf. almanac n. 1. Now rare. ΚΠ 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Alphabet. Dict. in Ess. Real Char. sig. Aaa2v Almanack,..Year-book, of pl. Series of Daies, of every Month. 1726 T. Tuite Oxf. Spelling-bk. 83 Calendar, or year-book. 1832 W. Hone (title) The year book of daily recreation and information, concerning remarkable men and manners, times and seasons, solemnities and merry-makings, antiquities and novelties. 1835 J. A. Roebuck Eng., Step-mother to Soldiers 16/2 (advt.) in Pamphlets for People I The Voice of the Planets..comprising a Copious Calendar, in Red and Black, with every thing essential to a Year-Book. 1868 W. Ramsay Ovid 340 The Fasti of Ovid may be considered as a poetical ‘Year-Book’. 1906 Critic (N.Y.) Apr. 329/1 The illustrating of a calendar, or year book, had long become customary. 3. a. An annual publication providing information relating to the previous year, usually in connection with a particular subject, group, or institution. Also in early use: †a personal diary or journal containing notes and records for the year (obsolete). ΘΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > annual yearbook1674 annuary1799 annual1825 almanac1839 1674 J. Pettus Narr. Excommunication 6 I have regain'd (by good fortune) Sir Richard Gurney's Year-Book, which now I have to produce of every Years Inventory of his Estate and Debts. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 261. ⁋4 The following Fragment out of much more which is written in my Year-Book. 1796 Crit. Rev. 17 560 Annaire du Lycée, &c. Year Book of the Lyceum of Arts, for the third Year of the French Republic, 1794. and 1795, with the Names and Addresses..of the Artists who have obtained Prizes. 1839 J. Timbs (title) The year-book of facts in science and art: exhibiting the most important discoveries and improvements of the past year. 1847 (title) The Congregational Year Book, for 1846. 1883 (title) The official Year-book of the Church of England. 1924 Polit. Sci. Q. 39 551 Anyone who doubts this can reinform himself from any number of the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture. 1931 Brit. Plastics Year Bk. 17 We have pleasure in presenting to the Plastics Industry the first Year Book..dealing exclusively with Plastic Materials. 2001 P. Murdin in P. Moore 2002 Yearbk. Astron. ii. 142 Chris Kitchin described how black holes might be formed that way [sc. by explosions of stars] in the Yearbook of Astronomy 1998. b. Originally U.S. An album published annually by a school, college, or university, containing photographs of students (esp. the graduating class) and details of achievements and activities. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > [noun] > yearly > yearbook class book1838 yearbook1910 1910 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 1, Group 1 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 7 424 (title) The Mortarboard, the year-book of Barnard College; published by the class of nineteen hundred eleven. 1921 Boys' Life Jan. 43/1 I found time to do some drawing for our year book, for which I was chosen Art Editor. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters vi. 233 The mob looks at high-school yearbooks and picks a hundred guys who look smart and clean. 1994 Scotsman (Nexis) 19 Jan. Staff of Scottish Business Insider magazine are backing the production of a school yearbook with their expertise in design, sales, journalism and computer graphics. 2004 A. Robbins Pledged 15 Cringing, she could hear them already..squealing the way seventh graders sign yearbooks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1579 |
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