English Explanatory Dictionary

lawbook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A book in which laws are codified.
  2. A textbook on some aspect of law.

Word forms

lawbook lawbooks law-book law book

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English *lawe-bok, from Old Norse lǫgbók (“lawbook”), otherwise, from law + book. Compare Middle English laȝheboc.

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