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expression "statutes at large" was first used in the edition of Barker published in 1587.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="England_and_Great_Britain">England and Great Britain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Statutes_at_Large&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: England and Great Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b>The Statutes at Large</b></i>: <ul><li>Edition by <a href="/wiki/Owen_Ruffhead" title="Owen Ruffhead">Owen Ruffhead</a>, from "<a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Charta</a>" down to the Acts of 4 Geo. 3: 9 volumes, London.<br />"Printed for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Basket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1771–1780.<br />(Vol. 14) "Printed by Charles Eyre and the Executors of William Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; And by W. Woodfall and the Executors of W. Strahan, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1786.</li> <li>Republication of Ruffhead's edition, edited by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Runnington" title="Charles Runnington">Charles Runnington</a>, down to the Acts of 25 Geo. 3: 10 volumes, London.<br />"Printed by Charles Eyre and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Strahan" title="Andrew Strahan">Andrew Strahan</a>, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; And by <a href="/wiki/William_Woodfall" title="William Woodfall">William Woodfall</a> and Andrew Strahan, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1786.</li> <li>Continuation of Runnington's edition, down to 1800: 4 volumes, London.<br />(Vols. 11 and 12) "Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; And by Andrew Strahan and William Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1789–1794.<br />(Vols. 13 and 14) "Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; And by Andrew Strahan, Law Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1798–1800.</li></ul></li> <li><i><b>The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761</b></i>: <ul><li>Edition by <a href="/wiki/Danby_Pickering" title="Danby Pickering">Danby Pickering</a>, down to the Acts of 1 Geo. 3: 24 volumes, Cambridge.<br />"Printed by Joseph Bentham, Printer to the University; for <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bathurst" title="Charles Bathurst">Charles Bathurst</a>, at the Cross-Keys, opposite <a href="/wiki/St_Dunstan-in-the-West" title="St Dunstan-in-the-West">St Dunstan's Church</a> in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet-Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fleet-Street (page does not exist)">Fleet-Street</a>, London", 1762–1766.</li> <li>Continuation, from the Acts of 2 Geo. 3: 11 volumes, Cambridge.<br />(Vols. 25–26) "Printed by Joseph Bentham (subsequently by John Archdeacon), Printer to the University; for Charles Bathurst, at the Cross-Keys, opposite St.Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, London", 1763–1764.<br />(Vols. 27–35) "Printed by John Archdeacon, Printer to the University; for Charles Bathurst, at the Cross-Keys, opposite St.Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, London", 1767–1786.<br />(Vols. 36–46) imprint varies, 1787–1807.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Statutes_at_Large&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">United States Statutes at Large</a></i>, an official annual publication of all <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Acts of Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Statutes_at_Large&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Statutes_of_the_Realm" title="The Statutes of the Realm">The Statutes of the Realm</a></i>, a collection of all English and British Acts of Parliament from 1235 to the death of <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a> in 1713. Published in 9 volumes, together with 2 volumes of indices, between 1810 and 1825.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acts_and_Ordinances_of_the_Interregnum,_1642%E2%80%931660&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660 (page does not exist)">Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660</a></i>, a collection of the Ordinances and Acts passed without royal authority by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a> <a href="/wiki/Interregnum_(England)" title="Interregnum (England)">from 1642 to 1660</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislation.gov.uk" title="Legislation.gov.uk">Legislation.gov.uk</a> (formerly UK Statute Law Database)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Statutes_at_Large&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edgar, S G G. 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