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).
Origin of pandect
1525–35; < Late Latin
Pandectēs < Greek
pandéktēs all-receiver (
pan-
pan- +
déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)
Words nearby pandect
pandanus,
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pandean pipes,
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pandects of justinian,
pandemic,
pandemonium,
pander,
pandiculation
Example sentences 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