PANDECT


Meaning of PANDECT in English

[ 'pandɛkt ]

■ noun chiefly historical a complete body of the laws of a country.

↘( the Pandects ) a 6th-century compendium of the Roman civil law.

Derivatives

~ist noun

Origin

C16: from Fr. ~e , from L. ~a , from Gk pandektēs 'all-receiver'.

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