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View synonyms for pandect
pandect
[ pan-dekt ]
noun
- pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- a complete and comprehensive digest.
- Pandects, Roman Law. digest ( def 12b ).
pandect
/ ˈpændɛkt /
noun
- a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
- often plural the complete body of laws of a country; legal code
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pandect1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek pandektēs containing everything, from pan- + dektēs receiver, from dekhesthai to receive
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Example Sentences
He was himself ignorant of any difference in the bank-notes and also of the misplacement of the Pandect volumes.
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This eminent Italian writer cites, in proof of this statement, Pothier, Pandect.
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It was published in fifty books, under the title (p. 087) Digesta or Pandect.
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