pandect
[noun]
Synonyms: compendium, aperçu, digest, précis, sketch, survey, syllabus, sylloge

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pandect noun. ['pandɛkt] M16.
[(French pandecte from) Latin pandecta, -tes from Greek pandektēs all-receiver, formed as PAN- + dekhesthai receive.]
1. sing. & in pl. A complete body or system of laws; spec. (usu. Pandect & in pl.) a compendium in fifty books of Roman civil law made by order of the Emperor Justinian in the 6th cent., systematizing opinions of eminent jurists and given the force of law. M16.

2. A treatise covering the whole of a subject. L16.

3. A manuscript volume containing all the books of the Bible. L19.

■ pan'dectist noun a person skilled in the Pandects E20.

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