Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book relating to law, or containing laws or reports of cases.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word law-book.
Examples
-
Since both Mary Emma and Dan are now fit, they use the multipurpose room for her book club, his law-book writing and grandkids 'art projects.
Renovation Revolution Ashlea Ebeling 2008
-
But at the same wage, I'd get smelly and need a shower for the same dosh if I never had to use a calculator or a PC or a law-book or a technical website at work again.
-
Hunter, Sheriff of Dumbarton, and author of an excellent law-book still re-edited and republished.
-
My friend Caroline, a fellow Law & Order addict, can pinpoint the precise moment when Jack McCoy's assistant D. A.'s begin to "evolve" (we think the word is "regress") from law-book grinds into glamour babes, preparing to depart from the show for the greener pastures of higher-paying roles, stardom, a celebrity marriage.
Cleavage vs. Crime: Do Law & Order Starlets Pretty Up to Move Up? 2005
-
My friend Caroline, a fellow Law & Order addict, can pinpoint the precise moment when Jack McCoy's assistant D. A.'s begin to "evolve" (we think the word is "regress") from law-book grinds into glamour babes, preparing to depart from the show for the greener pastures of higher-paying roles, stardom, a celebrity marriage.
Cleavage vs. Crime: Do Law & Order Starlets Pretty Up to Move Up? 2005
-
This, says a certain learned author, who, I believe, was never quoted before in any but a law-book, would be the means of creating an eternal dissension between them.
-
Permit me to refer your Honor to the oldest law-book in existence.
-
To him was due the invention of writing, and the first law-book was his creation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
-
The student who has bought his first law-book is already a great counsellor.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
-
I think it better authority than Blackstone or any law-book that ever was written.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.