[pan.dect] n [LL Pandectae, the Pandects, digest of Roman civil law (6th cent. a.d.), fr. L, pl. of pandectes encyclopedic work, fr. Gk pandektes all-receiving, fr. pan- + dechesthai to receive; akin to Gk dokein to seem, seem good--more at decent] (1533) 1: a complete code of the laws of a country or system of law
2: a treatise covering an entire subject