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- noun Plural form of
lawbook .
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Examples
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A corporation, in the jargon of lawbooks, is an artificial person.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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A corporation, in the jargon of lawbooks, is an artificial person.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Upon consulting my lawbooks, I find that you can, in fact, do that.
They’re voting on marriage equality in Maine « Dating Jesus 2009
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But now, it strikes me as just an extra bureacratic and pointless rule that should be erased from the lawbooks forever.
Vows Sean 2008
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Other judges and your law clerks become your new colleagues and your whole world consists of your chambers, your courtroom, and your lawbooks with the occasional speaking appearance at a bar association where you are greeted with polite applause.
Ann J. Atkinson: Supreme Court Suggestion May Not Be Good Fit For Hillary 2008
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The very busiest were the law-enforcement officials, forced to admit, after a frantic search through the lawbooks and consultations with federal prosecutors (who declined, at this time, to step into the case) that no matter what they may be convicted of, both boys would be freed no later than their 18th birthdays -- five and seven years off, respectively.
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For the past 30 days, Michael Geist has been listing reasons why Canadians should be alarmed at Canada's proposed new copyright law, which will bring the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Canada's lawbooks.
Boing Boing: September 17, 2006 - September 23, 2006 Archives 2006
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He owned a library of exactly three lawbooks: the statutes of Northwest, Missouri, and Illinois territories.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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French lawbooks were rare and inaccessible; English authorities flooded the country.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Particularly interesting was a small subcode of “Capital Lawes,” imbedded in the early Massachusetts lawbooks, and copied by other New England and Middle Atlantic colonies.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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