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Definition of hornbook in English: hornbooknounˈhɔːnbʊkˈhɔrnˌbʊk historical 1A teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn. Example sentencesExamples - One is an eighteenth-century hornbook (not illustrated), a common device for teaching the alphabet and numbers, but exceptional in this case because it is made of silver.
- 1.1North American Law A one-volume treatise summarizing the law in a specific field.
a high demand for hornbooks that are quick and easy to use Example sentencesExamples - A nice example of this comes from hornbook contract law, and in particular the rule that one could not enforce a contract if one was not a party or had not given consideration.
- From how he is described, one can guess that if Roberts were a professor today, he would likely be a doctrinally-oriented scholar and probably hornbook writer.
- Tribe implies that a mere catalog or hornbook reciting recent decisions might be achievable, even if rapidly outdated.
- As for studying, I've yet to use any kind of supplement, hornbook, etc.
- Gaius wrote his famous Institutes, or hornbook, near the end of this time.
Definition of hornbook in US English: hornbooknounˈhɔrnˌbʊkˈhôrnˌbo͝ok historical 1A teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn. Example sentencesExamples - One is an eighteenth-century hornbook (not illustrated), a common device for teaching the alphabet and numbers, but exceptional in this case because it is made of silver.
- 1.1North American Law A one-volume treatise summarizing the law in a specific field.
a high demand for hornbooks that are quick and easy to use Example sentencesExamples - Tribe implies that a mere catalog or hornbook reciting recent decisions might be achievable, even if rapidly outdated.
- A nice example of this comes from hornbook contract law, and in particular the rule that one could not enforce a contract if one was not a party or had not given consideration.
- Gaius wrote his famous Institutes, or hornbook, near the end of this time.
- From how he is described, one can guess that if Roberts were a professor today, he would likely be a doctrinally-oriented scholar and probably hornbook writer.
- As for studying, I've yet to use any kind of supplement, hornbook, etc.
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