pandect

[pan-dekt]

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noun

pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
a complete and comprehensive digest.
Pandects, Roman Law. digest(def 12b).

Origin of pandect

1525–35; < Late Latin Pandectēs < Greek pandéktēs all-receiver (pan- pan- + déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)

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Related Words for pandect

audit, sketch, analysis, synopsis, examination, critique, abstract, digest, outline, rundown, rehash, essence, review, version, survey, recap, prospectus, study, check, sample

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Historical Examples of pandect

It was published in fifty books, under the title (p. 087) Digesta or Pandect.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8
Various
This eminent Italian writer cites, in proof of this statement, Pothier, Pandect.
The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II)
Walter M. Chandler
He was himself ignorant of any difference in the bank-notes and also of the misplacement of the Pandect volumes.
Ursula
Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for pandect

pandect

noun

a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
(often plural) the complete body of laws of a country; legal code

Word Origin for pandect

C16: via Late Latin from Greek pandektēs containing everything, from pan- + dektēs receiver, from dekhesthai to receive

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