pandect

[ pan-dekt ]

noun

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

pandect

/ ˈpændɛkt /

noun

1. a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
2. often plural the complete body of laws of a country; legal code

Word History and Origins

Origin of pandect¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pandect¹

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

Example Sentences

THE POTTERS—Those opposed to hus bands will find this their pandect.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Project Gutenberg

It is also cited by Nicon the monk, in his Pandect.

From Project Gutenberg

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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Related Words

• analysis
• essence
• outline
• prospectus
• recap
• rehash
• review
• rundown
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• survey
• synopsis
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