pan·dect (p n d kt )n. 1. A comprehensive digest or complete treatise. 2. pandects A complete body of laws; a legal code. 3. Pandects A digest of Roman civil law, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the sixth century a.d. and part of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Also called Digest. [Latin pandect  s, encyclopedia, from Greek pandekts, all-receiving : pan-, pan- + dekts, receiver (from dekhesthai, to receive, accept; see dek- in Indo-European roots).] |
pandect [ˈpændɛkt]
n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
2. (Law) (often plural) the complete body of laws of a country; legal code
[via Late Latin from Greek pandektēs containing everything, from pan- + dektēs receiver, from dekhesthai to receive]
pandect, pandects
a legal code or complete body or system of laws.
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