PANDECT
Etymology
Noun
pandect (plural pandects)
(Ancient Rome, law, historical) Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (482–565).
(by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.
Synonym: digest
(by extension, also, figuratively) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.
Coordinate terms
• (comprehensive collection of laws): compendium
Notes
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"dect, n. Etym: [L. pandecta, pandectes, Gr. pandectes, pl.]
1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. [Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. Donne.
2. pl.
Definition: The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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