Pandect

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A digest of Roman civil law, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the sixth century AD and part of the Corpus Juris Civilis. noun

The definitive statement of a legal rule. noun

A digest or comprehensive treatise; a treatise containing the whole of any science. noun

Specifically plural capitalized A collection of Roman civil law made by the emperor Justinian in the sixth century, containing decisions or judgments of lawyers, to which the emperor gave the force and authority of law. noun

A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. noun

The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. noun

A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic. noun

A comprehensive collection of codes or laws. noun

Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).

(by extension) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.

(by extension) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically a manuscript of the entire Bible.

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Words that are spelled similarly to pandect:
pandect.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pandect:
law.

Words that rhyme with pandect:
fan duct, gland duct.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pandect:
famous, new, copious, collegiate, first, complete.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pandect:
law, makest.

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