noun
1. : an official, semiofficial, or recognized private collection of the statutes of a state or nation as a whole
put a law on the statute book
2. : the whole body of legislation of a given jurisdiction whether or not published as a whole
noun
1. : an official, semiofficial, or recognized private collection of the statutes of a state or nation as a whole
put a law on the statute book
2. : the whole body of legislation of a given jurisdiction whether or not published as a whole
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012