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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

/ ˈæԻɛ /

noun

  1. a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
  2. often plural the complete body of laws of a country; legal code
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pandect1

1525–35; < Late Latin ʲԻ𳦳ŧ < Greek 貹Իéŧ all-receiver ( pan- pan- + éŧ receiver, container, encyclopedia)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pandect1

C16: via Late Latin from Greek 貹Իŧ containing everything, from pan- + ŧ receiver, from dekhesthai to receive
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THE POTTERS—Those opposed to hus bands will find this their pandect.

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.

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

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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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