pandect
[ pan-dekt ]
/ ˈpæn dɛkt /
noun
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
a complete and comprehensive digest.
Pandects, Roman Law. digest(def 12b).
Nearby words
pandanus, pandarus, pandavas, pandean, pandean pipes, pandect, pandects, pandects of justinian, pandemia, pandemic, pandemoniacal
Origin of pandect
1525–35; < Late Latin Pandectēs < Greek pandéktēs all-receiver (pan- pan- + déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)
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Examples from the Web for pandect
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. ChandlerIt was published in fifty books, under the title (p. 087) Digesta or Pandect.
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
/ (ˈpændɛkt) /
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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