| 单词 | statutes at large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatutes at large statutes at large n. (the title of) a published collection of legislative acts; spec. (a) British a publication of statutes with little or no abridgement; (b) U.S. an official publication of the laws passed by Congress, arranged in chronological order. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1056/1 It dothe in ye booke of Statutes at large apeare. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 174 I stead of the Statutes at large,..they should see Amadis de Gaul, and Orlando Furioso. 1745 J. Downes Serm. 7 The Statutes at Large from Magna Charta to their time, those huge, heavy, hard-knotted volumes. 1825 U.S. Catholic Misc. 6 July 4/1 A proposal to raise money for publishing the statutes at large, and furnishing each individual subject with a copy of them, to prevent dissensions. 1901 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 14 Oct. 8/3 A copy of the United States statutes-at-large would have proved a useful friend to the statesmen who drew the platform for the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. 1962 Times 6 Jan. 6/1 When Bloom's car was searched there was found a copy of the Statutes at large, including the Disorderly Houses Act, 1751. 2002 R. Petersen in G. Reeher & M. Mariani Insider's Guide to Polit. Internships ii.160 If you don't have a citation or don't know the date of a law's passage, the Statutes at Large is of limited value. < as lemmas |
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