noun
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a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
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(often plural) the complete body of laws of a country; legal code
Etymology
Origin of pandect
1525–35; < Late Latin Pandectēs < Greek pandéktēs all-receiver ( pan- pan- + déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)
Example Sentences
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THE POTTERS—Those opposed to hus bands will find this their pandect.
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The law by which carriers, both by land and sea, are made responsible for the goods entrusted to them, is founded on the praetorian edict of the civil law, to which the ninth title of the fourth book of the Pandect is devoted.
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It is also cited by Nicon the monk, in his Pandect.
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Patrolling the porches of literature, why did they not bequeath us some pandect of their experience, some rich garniture of commentary on the adventures that befell?
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Pandect, Florentine edition of 421.
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