单词 | statute-maker |
释义 | > as lemmasstatute-maker C2. Objective, as statute-breaker, † statute-drawer, statute-maker, etc. ΚΠ 1722 W. Willymott in tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ To Rdr. sig. A4v To the Statute-Breakers, I, in the behalf of good King Henry, enjoyn as a Penance, the reading and considering well one Chapter of the Imitation..every Morning before their Coffee. 1825 Morning Chron. 3 Aug. 2/2 Is it proper that the first law officer in the realm should be a statute-breaker? a1831 J. Bentham Nomogr. iii, in Wks. (1843) III. 242 The productions of an official statute-drawer. 1866 Dundee Courier & Argus 5 Apr. 3/2 According to all the statute writers of almost any weight or authority, the Kirk-Session has been held to have within its power the administration of all the ecclesiastical affairs in the parish. 1909 Q. Rev. Oct. 386 A statute-breaker is but little oppressed with a sense of moral guilt. 2011 S. Lepsius in L. Armstrong & J. Kirshner Politics of Law in Late Medieval & Renaissance Italy 84 One could only speculate about the intentions of the statute makers. < as lemmas |
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