lawbook
Attorney's reference volume
A lawbook is a book containing laws, legal codes, or legal principles.
The term covers everything from compilations of statutes to treatises on legal doctrine: The judge reached for a lawbook on the shelf.
In figurative use, doing something by the lawbook means following rules strictly.
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- precedentPrior authoritative example
casebook · treatise · codification · digest · reporter · canon · ordinance · regulation
Educational program's content plan
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- tortsCompensable civil wrongs
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- propertySomething owned or inherent
procedure · seminar · clinic · bar · exam · professor · student · tuition
Judicial proceedings chamber
- litigationLegal dispute process
- briefShort in duration
- filingStoring documents systematically
- motionChange in position
pleading · argument · counsel · attorney · barrister · solicitor · advocate · judge
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- bibliographyList of cited works
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
cross-reference · appendix · corpus · archive · volume · edition · supplement · glossary
statute
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
precedent · casebook · treatise · codification · digest · reporter · canon · ordinance · regulation · enactment
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- tortsCompensable civil wrongs
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
property · procedure · seminar · clinic · bar · exam · professor · student · tuition · casebook
courtroom
Judicial proceedings chamber
- litigationLegal dispute process
- briefShort in duration
- filingStoring documents systematically
motion · pleading · argument · counsel · attorney · barrister · solicitor · advocate · judge · bench
citation
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- bibliographyList of cited works
annotation · cross-reference · appendix · corpus · archive · volume · edition · supplement · glossary · table
- legal bookscasebook, hornbook, treatise, nutshell, statute books
lawbooknovel
New and unusual
fiction · storybook · fantasy novel · poetry collection · comic book
lawbookchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
anarchy · lawlessness · disorder · unregulated · wild