Legal Definitions - statute book

A statute book is a collection of laws that have been passed by a legislative body and are organized in a bound book format. It is usually part of a larger set of books that contain a complete body of statutory law, such as the United States Code Annotated.

For example, the United States Code Annotated is a statute book that contains all the federal laws that have been passed by Congress. It is organized by subject matter and includes annotations that provide additional information about each law.

Another example is the California Codes, which is a set of statute books that contain all the laws passed by the California State Legislature. It is organized by code and includes all the laws related to a particular subject matter, such as the California Vehicle Code.

These examples illustrate how a statute book is a comprehensive collection of laws that have been passed by a legislative body and are organized in a way that makes it easy to find and understand the law.